EP1220049B1 - Operation guidance display apparatus for jam clearance in an image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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Description
- The present invention relates to an operation guidance display apparatus in an image forming apparatus for displaying necessary operating procedure information for a jam removing procedure, which is provided to an image forming apparatus, such as a copying apparatus, or a printer.
- In a conventional copying apparatus, for example, as an image forming apparatus, when troubles, such as out-of-sheets and jam, occurs, a message which represents such trouble is displayed in a displaying section provided on an operation panel, or a place where such troubles occur is displayed by a display lamp, for example, so that warning is given to an operator about its countermeasures against the troubles.
- However, only if the message or the place where the troubles occurred is displayed, an operator who is inexperienced in the copying apparatus cannot easily deal with the troubles according to the warning. Jam of sheets which relatively occurs at high frequency and of which countermeasures are troublesome is particularly serious.
- Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
4-84174/1992 Tokukaihei 4-84174 - Concretely, when jam and a situation that replacement of a process cartridge is required occur, an image forming operation is suspended at first. Next, a content of a trouble flickers on a display as a message, and according to this, the process cartridge automatically moves to a evacuation position and after an upper cover is released, an unit member on a jam occurring place is directly displayed by a display flickering sign such as an arrow. This makes it possible to easily find a transferring material which has been jammed from an upper position of an apparatus main body and to remove the jammed transferring material.
- In addition, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
59-78372/1984 Tokukaisho 59-78372 - However, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
4-84174/1992 Tokukaihei 4-84174 - In addition, in the arrangement of Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
59-78372/1984 Tokukaisho 59-78372 - In addition, in the arrangement of Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
59-78372/1984 Tokukaisho 59-78372 -
US 4, 682, 158 relates to a device for giving guidance about operation of a machine such as a photocopier. Sensors respond to various maintenance or diagnostic conditions. Signals from the sensors cause storage means to supply corresponding prompts to the display to prompt the needed maintenance or diagnostic procedure. -
US 4, 908, 655 relates to an image recording apparatus having jam detecting means and jam display means for displaying the jam position and describing a procedure for eliminating the jam. -
JP 4 356 070 - It is an object of the present invention to provide an operation guidance display apparatus of an image forming apparatus which makes it possible that an operator safely and securely performs an operation and that operability of an image forming apparatus is improved by providing the apparatus of the present invention to the image forming apparatus even if an operator first performs the operation or it is difficult for the operator to understand the operation in the case where the operation by the operator is required during use of the image forming apparatus.
- The invention provides a jam removing procedure display control apparatus as set out in
claim 1. - With the arrangement of
claim 1, when the image forming apparatus requires a prescribed operation by an operator, this state is detected by the state detecting means and the dynamic images of the necessary operation are displayed by the display control means. Therefore, a portion on which an operation should be performed and a method of performing an operation on the portion become clear. As a result, even if the operator first performs the operation or it is difficult to understand, the operator can safely and securely perform the operation, thereby improving operability of the image forming apparatus. - With the arrangement of
claim 2, when a jam occurs, images which show each operation in a series of procedures for removing a jam in the sheet passing section where the jam detecting means detects remaining of sheets are automatically and successively switched to an image which shows a next operation so as to be displayed every time each operation is performed. Therefore, since the operator easily understand the procedure of operations, the operator hardly make a mistake in performing the operations. As a result, in the case where the operator is inexperienced in the image forming apparatus, even in the case of an image forming apparatus which requires complicated operations for removing jam, or in the case of an image forming apparatus where the operations for removing jam is difficult to understand, operations for removing of jam can be easily and safely performed. - When a procedure of operations are additionally described by displaying a message as in
claim 3, the operator can more securely grasp the operation, thereby further improving operability of the image forming apparatus. - For a fuller understanding of the nature and advantages of the invention, reference should be made to the ensuing detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
- The invention is linked to a jam removing procedure display control apparatus as defined in the claims . Nevertheless it is noted that in the following description the term jam removing procedure display apparatus is sometimes used as a synonym for a jam removing procedure display control apparatus.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram which shows an arrangement of a jam removing procedure display apparatus including a jam removing procedure display control apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. -
Fig. 2 is a front view which show an internal structure of a copying apparatus including the jam removing procedure display apparatus. -
Fig. 3 is an explanatory drawing which schematically shows an arrangement of an automatic recirculating document handler (hereinafter referred to as an RDH) shown inFig. 2 . -
Fig. 4 is a front view of an operation panel including a copying apparatus main body shown inFig. 2 . -
Fig. 5 is an explanatory drawing which shows an arranging position of a sensor in the copying apparatus main body. -
Fig. 6 is an explanatory drawing which shows an arranging position of each sensor inside first and second doors of the copying apparatus main body. -
Fig. 7 is an explanatory drawing which shows an arranging position of a sensor in a third door of the copying apparatus main body. -
Fig. 8 is an explanatory drawing which shows an arranging position of a feeding section open/close lever operation detecting switch Sb6 of the copying apparatus main body. -
Fig. 9 is an explanatory drawing which shows the arranging positions of each sensor of the RDH shown inFig. 2 . -
Fig. 10 is an explanatory drawing which shows an arranging position of a cover open/close switch Sd2 of the RDH. -
Fig. 11 is an explanatory drawing which shows an arranging position of an RDH open/close switch Sd3 of the RDH. -
Fig. 12 is a block diagram which schematically shows the arrangement shown inFig. 1 . -
Fig. 13 is a schematic flow chart which shows a display operation by a progressive key shown inFig. 4 which is jam guidance display operation in the jam removing procedure display apparatus including the jam removing procedure display control apparatus of the present embodiment. -
Fig. 14 is an explanatory drawing of a jam silhouette display (S2) shown infig. 13 . -
Fig. 15 is an explanatory drawing of a door open guidance display (S3) shown inFig. 13 . -
Fig. 16 is an explanatory drawing which shows acell 1 for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 17 is an explanatory drawing which shows acell 2 for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 18 is an explanatory drawing which shows acell 3 for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 19 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 20 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 21 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 22 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 23 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 24 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 25 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 26 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 27 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 28 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 29 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 30 is an explanatory drawing which shows a cell for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 31 is an explanatory drawing which shows acell 16 for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 32 is an explanatory drawing which shows acell 17 for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 33 is an explanatory drawing which shows acell 18 for displaying the door open guidance. -
Fig. 34 is an explanatory drawing of a dynamic image display in reverse pass system guidance shown inFig. 13 . -
Fig. 35 is an explanatory drawing of a dynamic image display in sheet supplying tray guidance shown inFig. 13 . -
Fig. 36 is an explanatory drawing of dynamic image display in sheet carrying unit guidance shown inFig. 13 . -
Fig. 37 is an explanatory drawing of dynamic image display following the dynamic image display shown inFig. 36 . -
Fig. 38 is an explanatory drawing of dynamic image display following the dynamic image display shown inFig. 37 . -
Fig. 39 is a flow chart of jam guidance which shows all operations shown inFig. 13 . -
Fig. 40 is a schematic flowchart showing a display operation by manipulation of the automatic progressive key shown inFig. 4 , which is a jam guidance display operation by a jam removing procedure display apparatus including a jam removing procedure display control apparatus in accordance with the above embodiment. -
Fig. 41 is a view explaining acell 1 for performing door open guidance display by a jam removing procedure display apparatus including a jam removing procedure display control apparatus in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. -
Fig. 42 is a view explaining acell 2 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 43 is a view explaining acell 3 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 44 is a view explaining acell 4 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 45 is a view explaining acell 5 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 46 is a view explaining acell 6 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 47 is a view explaining acell 7 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 48 is a view explaining acell 8 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 49 is a view explaining acell 9 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 50 is a view explaining acell 10 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 51 is a view explaining acell 11 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure displays apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 52 is a view explaining acell 12 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 53 is a view explaining acell 13 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 54 is a view explaining acell 14 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 55 is a view explaining acell 15 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 56 is a view explaining acell 16 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 57 is a view explaining acell 17 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 58 is a view explaining acell 18 for performing the door open guidance display by the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the above embodiment. -
Fig. 59 is a view explaining a display example of a jam guidance display by a jam removing procedure display apparatus including a jam removing procedure display control apparatus in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. -
Fig. 60 is a flowchart detailing a document return guidance operation by a jam removing procedure display apparatus in accordance with a first example. -
Fig. 61(a) is a view explaining acell 1 for performing the above document return guidance display;Fig. 61(b) is a view explaining acell 2 for performing the above document return guidance display;Fig. 61(c) is a view explaining acell 3 for performing the above document return guidance display; andFig. 61(d) is a view explaining acell 4 for performing the above document return guidance display. -
Fig. 62(a) is a view explaining acell 5 following thecell 4 shown inFig. 61(d) for performing the above document return guidance display;Fig. 62(b) is a view explaining acell 6 for performing the above document return guidance display;Fig. 62(c) is a view explaining acell 7 for performing the above document return guidance display;Fig. 62(d) is a view explaining acell 8 for performing the above document return guidance display;Fig. 62(e) is a view explaining acell 9 for performing the above document return guidance display; andFig. 62(f) is a view explaining acell 10 for performing the above document return guidance display. -
Fig. 63(a) is a view explaining acell 1 for performing another document return guidance display;Fig. 63(b) is a view explaining acell 2 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 63(c) is a view explaining acell 3 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 63(d) is a view explaining acell 4 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 63(e) is a view explaining acell 5 for performing the other document return guidance display; andFig. 63(f) is a view explaining acell 6 for performing the other document return guidance display. -
Fig. 64(a) is a view explaining acell 7 following thecell 6 shown inFig. 63(f) for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 64(b) is a view explaining acell 8 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 64(c) is a view explaining acell 9 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 64(d) is a view explaining acell 10 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 64(e) is a view explaining acell 11 for performing the other document return guidance display; andFig. 64(f) is a view explaining acell 12 for performing the other document return display. -
Fig. 65(a) is a view explaining acell 13 following thecell 12 shown inFig. 64(f) for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 65(b) is a view explaining acell 14 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 65(c) is a view explaining acell 15 for performing the other document return guidance display; andFig. 65(d) is a view explaining acell 16 for performing the other document return guidance display. -
Fig. 66 is a schematic flowchart showing a display operation of the document return guidance by the above jam removing procedure display apparatus. -
Fig. 67(a) is a view explaining acell 1 for performing a document return guidance display by a jam removing procedure display apparatus in accordance with another example;Fig. 67(b) is a view explaining acell 2 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 67(c) is a view explaining acell 3 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example; andFig. 67(d) is a view explaining acell 4 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example. -
Fig. 68(a) is a view explaining acell 5 following thecell 4 shown inFig. 67(d) for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 68(b) is a view explaining acell 6 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 68(c) is a view explaining acell 7 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 68(d) is a view explaining acell 8 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 68(e) is a view explaining acell 9 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example; andFig. 68(f) is a view explaining acell 10 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example. -
Fig. 69(a) is a view explaining acell 1 for performing another document return guidance display;Fig. 69(b) is a view explaining acell 2 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 69(c) is a view explaining acell 3 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 69(d) is a view explaining acell 4 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 69(e) is a view explaining acell 5 for performing the other document return guidance display; andFig. 69(f) is a view explaining acell 6 for performing the other document return guidance display. -
Fig. 70(a) is a view explaining acell 7 following thecell 6 shown inFig. 69(f) for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 70(b) is a view explaining acell 8 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 70(c) is a view explaining acell 9 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 70(d) is a view explaining acell 10 for performing the other document return guidance display; -
Fig. 70(e) is a view explaining acell 11 for performing the other document return guidance display; andFig. 70(f) is a view explaining acell 12 for performing the other document return guidance display. -
Fig. 71(a) is a view explaining acell 13 following thecell 12 shown inFig. 70(f) for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 71(b) is a view explaining acell 14 for performing the other document return guidance display;Fig. 71(c) is a view explaining acell 15 for performing the other document return guidance display; andFig. 71(d) is a view explaining acell 16 for performing the other document return guidance display. -
Fig. 72(a) is a view explaining acell 1 for performing a document return guidance display by a jam removing procedure display apparatus in accordance with another example;Fig. 72(b) is a view explaining acell 2 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 72(c) is a view explaining acell 3 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example; andFig. 72(d) is a view explaining acell 4 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example. -
Fig. 73(a) is a view explaining acell 5 following thecell 4 shown inFig. 72(d) for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 73(b) is a view explaining acell 6 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 73(c) is a view explaining acell 7 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 73(d) is a view explaining acell 8 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 73(e) is a view explaining acell 9 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example; andFig. 73(f) is a view explaining acell 10 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example. -
Fig. 74(a) is a view explaining acell 11 following thecell 10 shown inFig. 73(f) for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 74(b) is a view explaining acell 12 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 74(c) is a view explaining acell 13 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 74(d) is a view explaining acell 14 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example;Fig. 74(e) is a view explaining acell 15 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example; andFig. 74(f) is a view explaining acell 16 for performing the document return guidance display in the above example. -
Fig. 75 is a perspective view showing a copying machine in accordance with another example. -
Fig. 76 is a front view showing the internal structure of the above copying machine when its front door is open. -
Fig. 77 is an enlarged view of the major part of the side surface of the above copying machine. -
Fig. 78 is a perspective view of the RDH shown inFig. 2 . -
Fig. 79 is a view explaining the installation of sensors within the above copying machine. -
Fig. 80 is a front view of a manipulation panel provided for the copying machine shown inFig. 2 . -
Fig. 81 is a view explaining an image processing screen. -
Fig. 82 is a flowchart detailing an option installing operation guidance display by a operation guidance display apparatus in the above example. -
Fig. 83 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S2) showing a mode setting operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 82 . -
Fig. 84 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S3) showing a door opening operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 82 . -
Fig. 85 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S4) showing a commander installing operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 82 . -
Fig. 86 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S5) showing a start/stop key turning on operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 82 . -
Fig. 87 is a flowchart detailing a toner supplying operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus in the above example. -
Fig. 88 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S6) showing a toner hopper cover opening operation in the toner supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 87 . -
Fig. 89 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S7) showing a toner cartridge installing operation in the toner supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 87 . -
Fig. 90 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S8) showing a toner replenishing operation in the toner supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 87 . -
Fig. 91 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S9) showing an operation for removing a toner cartridge and closing the toner hopper cover in the toner supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 87 . -
Fig. 92 is a flowchart detailing a sheet supplying operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 93 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S10) showing a tray pulling-out operation in the sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 92 . -
Fig. 94 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S11) showing a sheet separating operation in the sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 92 . -
Fig. 95 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S12) showing a sheet feeding operation in the sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 92 . -
Fig. 96 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S13) showing a tray inserting operation in the sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 92 . -
Fig. 97 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S10) showing a tray pulling-out operation in a sheet supplying operation guidance display by a operation guidance display apparatus in accordance with another example. -
Fig. 98 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S11) showing a sheet separating operation in the sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 97 . -
Fig. 99 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S12) showing a sheet feeding operation in the sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 97 . -
Fig. 100 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S13) showing a tray inserting operation in the sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 97 . -
Fig. 101 is a flowchart detailing a first document removing operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 102 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S15) showing a cover opening operation in the first document removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 101 . -
Fig. 103 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S16) showing a document removing operation in the first document removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 101 . -
Fig. 104 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S17) showing a cover closing operation in the first document removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 101 . -
Fig. 105 is a flowchart detailing the procedure for detecting a time when copying is completed in a mode where a copy is made by opening an original cover. -
Fig. 106 is a flowchart detailing a second document removing operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 107 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S20) showing a document removing operation in the second document removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 106 . -
Fig. 108 is a view explaining a screen displaying the moving picture (S20) showing the document removing operation in the second document removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 106 . -
Fig. 109 is a flowchart detailing the procedure for detecting a time when copying is completed in a mode where a copy is made by automatic document feeding. -
Fig. 110 is a flowchart detailing a first discharged sheet removing operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus in the above example. -
Fig. 111 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S23) showing a state that there is a sheet on a releasing tray when the copying is completed in the first discharged sheet removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 110 . -
Fig. 112 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S24) showing an operation for removing the sheet from the releasing tray when the copying is completed in the first discharged sheet removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 110 . -
Fig. 113 is a view explaining a screen displaying the moving picture (S24) showing the operation for removing the sheet from the releasing tray when the copying is completed in the first discharged sheet removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 110 . -
Fig. 114 is a flowchart detailing the procedure for detecting the completion of an image forming operation by a releasing unit. -
Fig. 115 is a flowchart detailing a staple supplying operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 116 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S26) showing a cover opening operation in the staple supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 115 . -
Fig. 117 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S27) showing an operation for removing an empty staple cartridge in the staple supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 115 . -
Fig. 118 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S28) showing an operation for removing a protecting cover of a new staple cartridge in the staple supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 115 . -
Fig. 119 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S29) showing a new staple cartridge installing operation in the staple supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 115 . -
Fig. 120 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S30) showing a staple key pressing operation in the staple supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 115 . -
Fig. 121 is a flowchart detailing a staple returning operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 122 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S33) showing a cover opening operation in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 123 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S34) showing a stapler unit removing operation in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 124 is a view explaining a screen displaying the moving picture (S34) showing the stapler unit removing operation in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 125 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S35) showing an operation for opening a driving-in section of the stapler unit in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 126 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S36) showing a jammed staple removing operation in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 127 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S37) showing an operation for returning the driving-in section of the stapler unit to the original position in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 128 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S38) showing an operation for returning the stapler unit to the original position in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 129 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S39) showing a cover closing operation in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 130 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S40) showing a staple key pressing operation in the staple returning operation guidance display shown inFig. 121 . -
Fig. 131 is a flowchart detailing a disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 132 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S42) showing a cover opening operation in the disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance display shown inFig. 131 . -
Fig. 133 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S43) showing an old disposed toner bottle removing operation in the disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance display shown inFig. 131 . -
Fig. 134 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S44) showing a new disposed toner bottle inserting operation in the disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance display shown inFig. 131 . -
Fig. 135 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S45) showing a cover closing operation in the disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance display shown inFig. 131 . -
Fig. 136 is a flowchart detailing a document storing state adjusting operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 137 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S47) showing an operation for confirming that no document is left on a document table in the document storing state adjusting operation guidance display shown inFig. 136 . -
Fig. 138 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S48) showing an operation for adjusting the document guide and the document bottom end guide of a document set platen to the maximum size position in the document storing state adjusting operation guidance display shown inFig. 136 . -
Fig. 139 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S49) showing an operation for adjusting a document guide of a manual document set platen to a document size in the document storing state adjusting operation guidance display shown inFig. 136 . -
Fig. 140 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S50) showing an operation for setting the document with its face downward on the manual document set platen in the document storing state adjusting operation guidance display shown inFig. 136 . -
Fig. 141 is a flowchart detailing a document direction changing operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 142 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S52) showing a document removing operation in the document direction changing operation guidance display shown inFig. 141 . -
Fig. 143 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S53) showing an auxiliary tray opening operation in the document direction changing operation guidance display shown inFig. 141 . -
Fig. 144 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S54) showing a document setting operation in the document direction changing operation guidance display shown inFig. 141 . -
Fig. 145 is a flowchart detailing a second discharged sheet removing operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 146 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S56) showing a state that the releasing tray is full in the second discharged sheet removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 145 . -
Fig. 147 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S57) showing an operation for removing a sheet from the releasing tray in the second discharged sheet removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 145 . -
Fig. 148 is a view explaining a screen displaying the moving picture (S57) showing the operation for removing a sheet from the releasing tray in the second discharged sheet removing operation guidance display shown inFig. 145 . -
Fig. 149 is a flowchart detailing a cover/interleaf sheet supplying operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 150 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S59) showing an auxiliary tray opening operation in the cover/interleaf sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 149 . -
Fig. 151 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S60) showing an operation for adjusting a manual sheet feeding guide to a sheet size in the cover/interleaf sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 149 . -
Fig. 152 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S61) showing an operation for putting sheets on the manual sheet feeding tray in the cover/interleaf sheet supplying operation guidance display shown inFig. 149 . -
Fig. 153 is a flowchart detailing an RDH document loading operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus of the above example. -
Fig. 154 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S63) showing an operation for confirming that no document is left on a document platen in the RDH document loading operation guidance shown inFig. 153 . -
Fig. 155 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S64) showing an operation for adjusting a document guide of the document set platen to a document size in the RDH document loading operation guidance shown inFig. 153 . -
Fig. 156 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S65) showing an operation for adjusting the document bottom guide of the document set platen to a document size in the RDH document loading operation guidance shown inFig. 153 . -
Fig. 157 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S66) showing an operation for setting the document with its face upward on the document set platen in the RDH document loading operation guidance shown inFig. 153 . -
Fig. 158 is a flowchart detailing an option installing operation guidance display by the operation guidance display apparatus in accordance with another example. -
Fig. 159 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S2) showing a mode setting operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 158 . -
Fig. 160 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S3) showing a door opening operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 158 . -
Fig. 161 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S4) showing a commander installing operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 158 . -
Fig. 162 is a view explaining a screen displaying a moving picture (S5) showing a start/stop key turning on operation in the option installing operation guidance display shown inFig. 158 . -
Fig. 163 is a flowchart detailing the procedures for switching the option installing operation guidance shown inFig. 158 to image processing data. -
Fig. 164 is a view explaining an image representing option installing data shown in S131 in the flowchart detailing the switching display shown inFig. 163 . - The following will discuss one embodiment of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 through 40 . - As shown in
Fig. 2 , a copying apparatus of the present embodiment as an image forming apparatus having a jam removing procedure display apparatus includes a copying apparatusmain body 1 and a recirculating document handler (hereinafter, referred to as an RDH ) 2. - The
RDH 2 is arranged so as to feed a document to adocument exposing section 3 as a position for reading a document and return the document to an original position where the document is set. TheRDH 2 is freely opened and shut for thedocument exposing section 3 so as to cover thedocument exposing section 3 while being used. Here, a detailed arrangement of theRDH 2 will be mentioned later. - A copying apparatus
main body 1 includes thedocument exposing section 3 on its upper surface. Thedocument exposing section 3 forms an area where a document is optically scanned and it has a document platen composed of transparent glass. An exposingoptical system 12 which is composed ofmirrors 4 through 9, azoom lens 10 and acopy lamp 11 is positioned below thedocument exposing section 3. The exposingoptical system 12 irradiates an emitting light from thecopy lamp 11 on a document so as to optically scan the document and guides a reflected light from the document to aphotoreceptor drum 13 which is positioned below the exposingoptical system 12. - A
charger 14, a developingunit 15, a transferringunit 16, a peelingunit 17, acleaning unit 18, a charge eliminating unit 19, etc. are provided around thephotoreceptor drum 13. Meanwhile, a carryingunit 20 and a fixingunit 21 are provided in a sheet carrying direction from thephotoreceptor drum 13. Thecleaning unit 18 includes acleaning blade 18a for scraping off residual toner by making contact with thephotoreceptor drum 13. Moreover, the developingunit 15 is provided with atoner hopper 47 for supplying toner to the developingunit 15 as the occasion demands. - In the copying apparatus
main body 1, thephotoreceptor drum 13, each means around thephotoreceptor drum 13, the carryingunit 20 and the fixingunit 21 constitute acopy processing section 22. As well known, in thecopy processing section 22, an electrostatic latent image, which has been formed on thephotoreceptor drum 13 by the reflected light from the document guided by the exposingoptical system 12, is developed by the developingunit 15 so as to be a toner image and transfers the toner image on a sheet supplied fromsheet feeding trays 23 through 25, etc. Moreover, in thecopy processing section 22, the sheet, which has been peeled from the surface of thephotoreceptor drum 13 by the peelingunit 17, is carried to the fixingunit 21 by the carryingunit 20. Thereafter, the toner image on the sheet is heated and pressurized by the fixingunit 21 so as to be fixed on the sheet. - The
sheet feeding tray 23 is positioned below the developingunit 15, while thesheet feeding trays sheet feeding tray 23. A residual sheets amount detecting unit, not shown, is provided to the respectivesheet feeding trays 23 through 25, and an amount of residual sheets on thesheet feeding trays 23 through 25 which has been detected by the residual sheets amount detecting unit is displayed on anoperation panel 101. Moreover, a manualsheet feeding tray 26 is provided beside the developingunit 15. Thesheet feeding trays 23 through 25 can store a lot of sheets and successively feeds sheets with fixed size starting from a sheet on the top bysheet feeding belts 27 through 29. Meanwhile, the manualsheet feeding tray 26 can store a small amount of sheets with different size, and successively feed these sheets. - A sheet, which has been sent from the
sheet feeding trays 23 through 25, the manualsheet feeding tray 26 and anintermediate tray 37 above thesheet feeding tray 24, is carried to thephotoreceptor drum 13 through a carryingpath 30. Sheets are fed to thephotoreceptor drum 13 by aregister roller 31 according to prescribed intervals. - A
carry switching section 32 including agate flapper 35 is provided to a discharge side of the fixingunit 21. Thegate flapper 35 guides sheets to afinisher 33 in the case where single-sided copying is carried out, and meanwhile, guides sheets to areverse carrying path 34 in the case where both-sided copying is carried out. Thefinisher 33 discharges a sheet into adischarge tray 36 and also staples sheets using staples as the occasion demands. Thedischarge tray 36 can move up and down so as to receive a plurality of sheets which have been stapled by thefinisher 33. - The
reverse carrying path 34 guides sheets from thecarry switching section 32 to theintermediate tray 37. The sheets on theintermediate tray 37 are sent out by a carryingbelt 38 and are reversed so as to be fed to thephotoreceptor 13. -
Fig. 3 shows an schematically arrangement of theRDH 2 where the arrangement ofFig. 2 is simplified. TheRDH 2 can provide a document feeding operation by a circulation-type document feeding mode using a take-out-from-below-and-returning-from-above method (hereinafter, referred to as RDH mode) and a document feeding operation by individual document feeding mode by manual insertion (hereinafter, referred to as SDF mode). - In other words, in the RDH mode, documents D, which have been piled up and placed on a
document storing section 51 as a collecting position, are successively sent out by a sending-outbelt 52 provided beneath thedocument storing section 51 starting with the document at the bottom, and carried through the carryingpath 54 by a pair of sending-outrollers 53·53 provided on a lower stream side of the sending-outbelt 52. Furthermore, the document D is placed on a reading position of thedocument exposing section 3 by the carryingroller 55 and the carryingbelt 56. Thereafter, when scanning by the exposingoptical system 12 is completed, the document D is sent out from the reading position by the carryingbelt 56 and are reversed by a feedingroller 57 so as to be carried through the carryingpath 58. Then, the document D is returned on a topmost document D on thedocument storing section 51 by carryingrollers 59·59. Moreover, in the SDF mode, one document D placed on adocument storing section 69 is carried to the reading position by the carryingroller 55 and the carryingbelt 56, and are discharged onto thedocument storing section 51 similarly in the same manner as in the RDH mode. - The carrying
roller 55 is rotated by amotor 60 and a feedingroller 57 is rotated by amotor 65. A carryingbelt 56 is composed of a drivingroller 62 which is rotated by amotor 61, a drivenroller 63 provided opposite to the drivingroller 62 and anendless belt 64 installed tightly across both therollers belt 56 absorbs air from a venthole formed in thebelt 64 using air absorbing unit, not shown, and attracts a document D to a surface of thebelt 64 so as to carry the document D without slip. - During a both side mode for obtaining a both-sided copy from a both-sided document by a RDH mode in the
RDH 2, when a first cycle of the documents are sent from thedocument storing section 51 to the carryingpath 54 and a trailing end of the documents reaches a position A, the documents pass through a carryingpath 66 and are sent to the reading position by reverse rotation of a carryingroller 55 with a rear side of the documents being opposite to thedocument exposing section 3 so as to be returned to thedocument storing section 51. Moreover, after a second cycle of the documents pass from thedocument storing section 51 only through the carryingpath 54 and are sent to the reading position with a front side of the documents being opposite to thedocument exposing section 3, it is returned to thedocument storing section 51. In other words, in the first cycle of the documents, only rear faces of all the documents on thedocument storing section 51 are copied, and sheets where the rear faces have been copied are stocked in theintermediate tray 38. In the second cycle of the documents, front faces of the documents are copied on front faces of the sheets sent out from theintermediate tray 38. Therefore, during the copying apparatus of the present embodiment, in the case of the both-sided mode using the RDH mode, in the case where one set of a plurality of documents placed on thedocument storing section 51 is copied so as to have a plurality of sets of copies, copies are made one set by one set. - In addition, a
recycle sensor 67 is provided to thedocument storing section 51. When a detectingsection 67a is provided above a top document on thedocument storing section 51, namely, a first page of the documents, therecycle sensor 67 detects one cycle of the documents. Therecycle sensor 67 can also detect a last document on thedocument storing section 51, double-documents feeding, etc. The detectingsection 67a is placed per cycle of document feeding as the need arises. A Rear/front side direction of the documents with respect to the detectingsection 67a is same at the time of an one-sided mode and is opposite at the time of a both-sided mode. Here, the one-sided mode copies a one-sided document on a one side of a sheet, and also copies a one-sided document on both sides of a sheet. - In addition, the
whole RDH 2 freely opens and closes thedocument exposing section 3 as shown inFig. 11 centered on an end in an inner side in a vertical direction inFig. 2 . Moreover, since theRDH 2 opens the carryingpath 58, anupper cover 68 is freely opened as shown inFig. 10 . - In addition, the copying apparatus
main body 1 is provided with a plurality of sheet sensors as jam detecting means. As shown inFig. 5 , sheet feeding sensors Sa1 through Sa3 for detecting insertion of paper from the feedingtrays 23 through 25 to the carryingpath 30, a sheet feeding sensor Sa4 for detecting insertion of paper from theintermediate tray 37 to the carryingpath 30, a sheet sensor Sa5 for detecting carrying of sheets inserted from thesheet feeding tray 25 of the carryingpath 30, a sheet sensor Sa6 for detecting carrying of sheets inserted from each tray of the carryingpath 30, and a sheet sensor Sa7 for detecting carrying of sheets on the carryingpath 30 before a register roller are provided on and near the carryingpath 30 as the sheet sensor Ls. - In addition, as the sheet sensors, a sheet peeling sensor Sa8 for detecting carrying of sheets after peeling from the
photoreceptor 13 is provided in the carryingunit 20. A sheet sensor Sa9 on a discharge side from the fixingunit 21, and a sheet sensor Sa10 on thereverse carrying path 34 are provided. Moreover, an intermediate tray sheet entrance sensor Sa11 for detecting entrance of sheets to theintermediate tray 37, and an intermediate tray sheet sensor Sa12 for detecting existence of sheets on theintermediate tray 37 are provided on and near theintermediate tray 37. Furthermore, a sheet sensor Sa13 for detecting carrying of sheets in afinisher 33, a staple processing section sheet sensor Sa14 for detecting existence of sheets in a staple processing section, not shown, of thefinisher 33, a staple tray sheet sensor Sa15 for detecting existence of sheets on thestaple tray 33a and a discharge sensor Sa16 for detecting discharge of sheet from the staple tray onto thedischarge tray 36 are provided in thefinisher 33. - In addition, a plurality of state sensors are provided in the copying apparatus
main body 1 as operation/non-operation detecting means which detects a state of each section operated in order to remove jam, etc. As shown inFig. 6 , as the state sensors, a door switch Sb1 which is turned OFF by opening afirst door 39 for opening and closing a portion on a front side of the copying apparatus and turned On by closing thefirst door 39, and a door switch Sb2 which is turned OFF by opening asecond door 40 for opening and closing remaining portion on the front side of the copying apparatus and turned ON by closing thesecond door 40 are provided on an upper portion of the copying apparatusmain body 1. Moreover, as the state sensors, as shown inFig. 7 , a door switch Sb3 which is turned OFF by opening athird door 41 for opening and closing a lower portion and is turned ON by closing thethird door 41 is provided on a downward portion of thedischarge tray 36 on the discharge side of the copying apparatusmain body 1. - In addition, as the state sensors, as shown in
Fig. 5 , a fixing unit installation switch Sb4 which is turned ON/OFF according to whether the fixingunit 21 is installed or not is provided in the fixingunit 21, and a finisher connection/disconnection sensor Sb5 for detecting connection/disconnection of thefinisher 33 to/from the copying apparatusmain body 1 is provided in a position where thefinisher 33 is installed. - In addition, as shown in
Fig. 6 , as the state sensors, a carrying section open/shut lever operation detecting switch Sb6 for detecting operation/non-operation of a carrying section open/shutlever 42 is provided in the position of the carrying section open/shutlever 42. A carrying unit draw-out detecting switch Sb7 for detecting draw-out/installation of the carryingunit 43 from/to the copying apparatusmain body 1 is provided in a proximity of the switch Sb6. A sheet guide open detecting switch Sb8 also shown inFig. 5 for detecting open of the sheet guide for making it possible to open thereverse carrying path 34 is provided in thereverse carrying path 34. As shown inFig. 8 , the carrying section open/shut lever operation detecting switch Sb6 is turned ON by rotating the carrying section open/shutlever 42 in order to open each carrying path, etc. Moreover, the sheet guide open detecting switch Sb8 detects open of thesheet guide 34a shown inFig. 34 for making it possible to open thereverse carrying path 34. - Meanwhile,
RDH 2 is provided with a plurality of document sensors as jam detecting means for performing a similar function as that of the sheet sensor of the copying apparatus main body. As the document sensors, as shown inFig. 9 , a document sensor Sc1 for detecting arrival of documents at the carryingroller 55 from thedocument storing section 51, a reverse spare sheet feeding position document sensor Sc2 for detecting arrival of the documents at a reverse spare sheet feeding position and a spare sheet feeding position document sensor Sc3 for detecting arrival of the documents at a spare sheet feeding position are provided around the carryingroller 55. - Moreover, as the document sensor, a document storing section document sensor Sc4 for detecting that the documents have stored by manual feeding is provided to the
document storing section 69. - In addition, as the documents sensors, a document sensor Sc5 for detecting arrival of the document at the
document exposing section 3 is provided in a feeding direction from the feedingbelt 56, and a document sensor Sc6 for detecting arrival of the documents at the feedingroller 57 is provided around the feedingroller 57. - In addition, the
RDH 2 is provided with a lot of state sensors having a similar function as that of the state sensors of the copying apparatusmain body 1. As the state sensors, as shown inFig. 9 , a cover open/shut switch Sd1, which is turned OFF by opening of an open/shut cover 2a which can be opened and shut in theRDH 2 shown inFig. 5 and which is turned ON by shutting of the open/shut cover 2a, is provided around the carryingroller 55. The open/shut cover 2a opens and shuts the vicinity of the carryingroller 55 for jam removing. Moreover, as shown inFig. 10 , as the state sensor, a cover open/shut switch Sd2, which is turned OFF/ON by opening/closing of an open/shut cover 2b, is provided to the proximity of the feedingroller 57. The open/shut cover 2b opens and shuts the proximity of the carryingpath 58 for jam removing. Moreover, as shown inFig. 11 , a RDH open/shut switch Sd3, which is turned OFF/ON by opening/closing theRDH 2 for thedocument exposing section 3, is provided to aRDH 2 facing the document exposing section. - In addition, the copying apparatus has an
operation panel 101 shown inFig. 4 . Theoperation panel 101 is provided with a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, referred to as LCD) 102 as display means, aprogressive key 103, an automaticprogressive key 104, anoperation guide key 105, a copy setnumber display section 106, a copy completionnumber display section 107, a copy number setkey 108 for inputtingnumerals 0 through 9, aclear key 109 for clearing a set number by the copy number setkey 108, and acopy start key 110 for commanding a start of copying. Moreover, theoperation panel 101 is provided with a finisherfunction setting section 111 for setting process in thefinisher 33, a copymode setting section 112 for setting a copy mode, such as the both-sided mode or one-sided mode, afunction setting section 113 for setting copying by various functions, such as, copying with a binding margin, etc. - In addition, the copying apparatus has a control circuit shown in
Fig. 12 . InFig. 12 , a sensor 121 is sensors including the sheet sensors Sa·Sc and the state sensors Sb.Sd, and a key 122 is various keys provided on theoperation panel 101. The sensors 121 and thekeys 122 are connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 125 of an operation controlling section 124 through an input/output (I/O) interface 123. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 126 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 127 are connected to theCPU 125, and also adisplay controlling section 128, a motor driver 129 and a clutch driver 131 are connected thereto through the I/O interface 123. - The
ROM 126 previously stores a control program of theCPU 125, and according to this program, theCPU 125 controls operations of each means connected thereto based upon input from the sensors 121 and thekeys 122. Namely, theCPU 125 controls all the copying operations such as an image forming process, a sheet carrying operation, a fixing operation. TheRAM 127 is used as areas for a flag and the other calculation required for a buffer memory, copying control, etc. A motor 130 driven by the motor driver 129 includes each motor provided to the copying apparatusmain body 1 and theRDH 2. Moreover, a clutch 132 driven by the clutch driver 131 includes electromagnetic clutches provided between the motor 130 and each means. Thedisplay controlling section 128 controls a display driver provided thereinto so as to display a numerical value, a copying condition and a copying function set by theabove keys 122, or a state of copying apparatus, such as occurrence of jam, countermeasures against the jam, etc. on theLCD 102, a copy settingnumber display section 106, a copy completionnumber display section 107 provided on theoperation panel 101. - As shown in
Fig. 1 which shows the arrangement of the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the present embodiment, thedisplay controlling section 128 which controls theLCD 102 includes a program ROM 141, a data ROM 142, a CPU 143, an attribute RAM 144, V-RAMs 145·146, a character generator ROM (hereinafter, referred to as a CG-ROM) 147, agraphic ROM 148 as dynamic data storing means and image data storing means, a color palette 149, and an LCD controller 150. - The program ROM 141 composes the display control means with the CPU 143 and the LCD controller 150, and preliminarily stores a program for controlling the CPU 143. The data ROM 142 preliminarily stores data of messages represented by characters which show a sequence of procedures for removing jam in each section of the copying apparatus
main body 1 and theRDH 2, and an storage address, display color information, etc. of dynamic data in thegraphic ROM 148. The CPU 143 is connected to theCPU 125 of the operation controlling section 124 through a communicating interface, and according to input from theCPU 125, the CPU 143 performs control based upon a program of the program ROM 141. The attribute RAM 144 designates indication of blinking or inversion, etc. of a display image, inversion, etc. to the LCD controller 150 so that display data which have been written to the RAM 144 are displayed on anLCD 102. As an LCD controller having such an attribute RAM 144, HD63645F or HD64645F made by Hitachi can be used, for example. The V-RAMs 145·146 are memories where display data such as dynamic data and the message data to be displayed on theLCD 102, are temporarily written. Fonts of each character are stored in the CG-ROM 147. Thegraphic ROM 148 preliminarily stores dynamic data which show a sequence of procedures for removing jam in each section of the copying apparatusmain body 1 and theRDH 2. - The LCD controller 150 takes out display data written into the V-
RAMs ROM 147 and thegraphic ROM 148 and displays the display data on theLCD 102. In this case, the dynamic data are displayed as a dynamic image. The display of the dynamic image can be realized by changing an address where a cell pattern of the dynamic image in thegraphic ROM 148 of the V-RAMs graphic ROM 148, a cell pattern is set so that only data on a portion corresponding to a portion to be moved in each jam removing operation is changed, and unmoving portion is data of only one pattern. Furthermore, when the display data stored in the V-RAMs LCD 102, the LCD controller 150 takes out display colors from the color palette 149 based upon color information of a portion of the display data to be displayed on theLCD 102 so that the display data are displayed by using colors. - In addition, the
LCD 102 as well as an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display section 151 provided on theoperation panel 101 and a key matrix 152 are connected to thedisplay controlling section 128. - In the copying apparatus of the present invention with the above arrangement, when stoppage of feeding paper, namely jam occurs during copying operation, the copying operation is suspended. At this time, heating of the fixing roller in the fixing
unit 21 is also suspended. When theoperation guide key 105 on theoperation panel 101 is turned ON by an operator, operation guidance for removing jam shown inFig. 13 is displayed on theLCD 102 of theoperation panel 101. - In
Fig. 13 , occurrence of jam (S1) is detected by the sensors Sa1 through Sa16 of the copying apparatusmain body 1 or the sensors Sci through Sc6 of the RDH2. When jam is detected by these sensors, the operation controlling section 124 commands thedisplay controlling section 128 to display jam through the communicating interface. Successively, the CPU 143 reads out data of a message to be displayed from the data ROM 142 as well as reads out a storage address and information of display colors in thegraphic ROM 148 for an image to be displayed so as to write them to the V-RAMs 145·146. - Next, the LCD controller 150 reads out data stored in the V-
RAMs 145·146 through the CG-ROM 147 and thegraphic ROM 148 so as to display the data on theLCD 102. - In this case, in the
LCD 102, a message that jam occurred shown inFig. 14 and graphics of a jam silhouette which represents a jam position of a copying apparatus are displayed (S2). In the drawing, an inverted triangular mark is represents a jam position. Here, a state in the case where jam occurs in one position is shown. The jam is detected by a sheet peeling sensor Sa8 shown inFig. 5 , for example and it is a jam in a sheet carrying unit, mentioned later. - Incidentally, in a copying apparatus which performs a high-speed process, for example, in the case where jam occurs in a lower stream side of a sheet carrying path, a plurality of sheets normally remain on its upper stream side. For this reason, a plurality of positions which require removal of jam, namely, a plurality of jam positions exists, so sheets should be removed in a plurality of jam positions. Therefore, removal of jam in the copying apparatus of the present invention includes removal of sheets in a portion where jam actually occurs and removal of on-carrying sheets in a portion where sheets remain due to occurrence of jam.
- When the
operation guide key 105 is turned ON in this state by an operator, display of theLCD 102 is switched to display of a door open guidance (S3). This display shows a message of instructions that thefirst door 39 and thesecond door 40 shown inFig. 6 are open, and a dynamic image which represents an opening operation of thefirst door 39 and thesecond door 40 as shown inFig. 15 . - This dynamic image is an image for showing the opening operation of the
first door 39 and thesecond door 40 as graphics and an image which is obtained by animatingcells 1 through 18 shown inFigs. 16 through 33 by a transition time t. In order to display the dynamic image, data representing an outline of a copying apparatus as well as the cells which are used for a dynamic image of open/close operations of doors are stored in the program ROM 141. The program ROM 141 is controlled so that only a portion of a door in operation is rewritten by a program. Here, as to a value of the transition time t, about 70 to 200 ms mentioned above is suitable so as to obtain a smooth dynamic image. - Next, when the
progressive key 103 is turned ON, jam guidance in a portion where sheets exist is shown on theLCD 102. The jam guidance shows procedures for removing sheets which exist in this portion as a message which shows the procedures and a dynamic image of a section which should be operated. The dynamic image is displayed by the same operation as of the above-mentioned door open guidance. Moreover, the jam guidance of each section where sheets remain is successively switched every time theprogressive key 103 is turned ON. - In the present embodiment, as shown in
Fig. 13 , as each jam guidance, besides the door open guidance, reverse pass system guidance (S4) for removing sheets remaining in a reverse pass system including the carryingswitch section 32, namely, for removal of jam, sheet feeding tray guidance (S5) for removal of jam on the manualsheet feeding tray 26, fixing/discharge unit guidance (S6) for the removal of jam in the fixingunit 21 and a discharge section therein which constitute one unit, sheet carrying unit guidance (S7) for removal of jam in thereverse carrying path 34 and the carryingpath 30 which constitute one unit, guidance for double-surface unit including the intermediate tray 37 (S8), and a sorter guidance (S9) for removal of jam in a sorter in the case where the sorter is provided to thedischarge tray 36 are set. - For example, the reverse pass system guidance of S4 shows a message which designates an opening operation of a
sheet guide 34a shown inFig. 34 . Moreover, as shown in the drawing, the reverse pass system guidance of S4 shows a dynamic image representing the opening operation of thesheet guide 34a obtained by enlarging only an upper section of the copying apparatusmain body 1 in a state that the first andsecond doors 39·40 are opened. - In addition, the sheet feeding tray guidance of S5 shows, for example, messages which designate a pressing operation of a pressure release button 44 shown in
Fig. 35 and a pulling-out operation of sheets P. Moreover, as shown in the drawing, the sheet feeding tray guidance of S5 shows dynamic images which represent an moving operation of the pressure release button 44 to a pressing-down direction and a moving operation of sheets P to a pulling-out direction. - In addition, the sheet carrying unit guidance of S7 shows a message which designates a pulling-out operation of the carrying
unit 43 shown inFig. 36 from the copying apparatusmain body 1. Moreover the sheet carrying unit guidance of S7 shows a dynamic image representing a pulling-out operation of the carryingunit 43 from the copying apparatusmain body 1 which is states from ofFig. 36 through Fig. 37 toFig. 38 . - If sheets remain after each guidance is displayed by an operation of the
progressive key 103, each jam guidance can be displayed again successively by the operation of theprogressive key 103. Moreover, when theoperation guide key 105 is turned ON again, the display of theLCD 102 is returned to the jam silhouette of S2. - The above displaying operations are shown in
Fig. 39 as a flow chart. In other words, when theoperation guide key 105 is turned ON (S11) after occurrence of jam, if removal of jammed sheets is not completed (S12), a series of the jam guidance shown by a dynamic image for removal of sheets in each sheet remaining section are successively displayed on theLCD 102 according to the operation of the progressive key 103 (S14). Thereafter, when the removal of remaining sheets is completed (S12) or theoperation guide key 105 is turned ON again (S13), display of the jam guidance is ended and a normal image is displayed (S15). - The above normal image at S15 is the jam silhouette. Moreover, judgement as to the completion of removal of jammed sheets at
S 12 may be made based upon an ON operation of the door switches Sb1·Sb2 by the closing operation of the first andsecond doors 39·40. - In addition, in the copying apparatus, as shown in
Fig. 40 , when jam occurs (S1) and a jam silhouette is displayed (S2), the automaticprogressive key 104 is turned ON. Then, among the door open guidance (S3) through the sorter guidance (S9), jam guidance in a section where sheets remain is successively and automatically switched so as to be displayed. In this case, each jam guidance is automatically and circularly displayed until theoperation guide key 105 is turned ON. When theoperation guide key 105 is turned ON, display of theLCD 102 is switched to a normal image, namely, the jam silhouette. - As mentioned above, in the jam removing procedure display apparatus of the copying apparatus, since moving operations of each section for removal of jam is displayed as a dynamic image, a portion which should be operated and a way of operating this portion become clear. Moreover, since the procedures for removing jam are successively displayed, all the procedures for removing jam in respective jam positions can be easily grasped. Therefore, in the case where an operator is inexperienced in a copying apparatus, even if a copying apparatus where a complicated operation is required for the removal of jam or a copying apparatus where the procedures for the removal of jam is hard to understand is used, jam can be easily and safely removed.
- In addition, in the case where the jam guidance in jam positions is successively switched by the operation of the
progressive key 103, the jam guidance can be displayed according to progress of the procedure for removing jam in each jam position. Therefore, the procedure for removing jam in respective jam positions is easily grasped, so the operator can perform a secure operation. - In addition, after occurrence of jam, in the case where the automatic
progressive key 104 is operated, since procedures for removing jam in all positions where jam occurred are automatically and successively displayed, an operator can previously grasp all operations which should be performed for removing jam. Therefore the operator can remove jam safely and efficiently without feeling uneasiness. - Here, the present embodiment described only the jam guidance of the copying apparatus
main body 1, but similarly, the arrangement of the present embodiment also makes it possible to display jam guidance of theRDH 2. - The following will discuss another embodiment of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 ,6 ,13 ,15 ,36 through38 and40 . Here, for convenience of explanation, those members that have the same arrangement and functions, and that are described in the aforementioned embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. - In a jam removing procedure display apparatus including a jam removing procedure display control apparatus of the present embodiment, display of jam guidance in each jam position is automatically and successively switched to display which shows a next operation every time respective operations in procedures for removing jam are performed. In other words, in the case where the jam guidance is displayed, a portion which is displayed on an
LCD 102 as a dynamic image is operated, and when this operation is detected by state sensors Sb·Sd, the dynamic image which has been previously displayed is switched to a dynamic image for a moving operation to be performed. Procedures for removing jam in a jam position are displayed by the above displaying operation. - In this case, a judgement is made by a
CPU 125 of an operation controlling section 124 according to input from a main body section sensor Sb and a RDH section sensor Sd which are state sensors shown inFig. 1 as to whether each operation in the procedures for removing jam exists or not. Next, when each operation is performed, a CPU 143 of adisplay controlling section 128 writes data of a message and a dynamic image which designate a next operation to V-RAMs 145·146. Successively, an LCD controller 150 reads out the data from the V-RAMs 145·146 through a CG-ROM 147 and agraphic ROM 148 so as to display the data on theLCD 102. - The following will describe the above displaying operation in the case where a jam position is a carrying
unit 43. In a state where opening operations of the first andsecond doors 39·40 shown inFig. 15 are displayed on theLCD 102, when being performed, the operations are detected by door switches Sb1·Sb2 shown inFig. 6 . As a result, display of theLCD 102 is switched to a moving operation of the carryingunit 43 shown inFigs. 36 and37 . Next, when the moving operation is performed, the operation is detected by a carrying unit draw detecting switch Sb7 shown inFig. 6 . As a result, display of theLCD 102 is switched to an opening operation of a cover shown inFig. 38 . This makes it possible to remove sheets from an inside of the carryingunit 43. - In the above-mentioned display of the jam guidance, since the display is automatically switched to a next operation after completion of the operation displayed on the
LCD 102, procedures for operations becomes further comprehensible and an error in operation hardly occurs. As a result, even in the case where an operator is inexperienced in a copying apparatus, in the case of a copying apparatus which requires complicated procedures for removing jam, or in the case of a copying apparatus where procedures for removing jam are hard to understand, jam can be easily and safely removed. - In addition, from that point of view, when the display of the
LCD 102 is the dynamic image, jam is easily removed, but even when a static image, jam can be removed satisfactorily. As to the display by a static image, for example, only a dynamic image cell which shows a final state in each moving operation may be displayed on theLCD 102. - Here, the above-mentioned operations for displaying jam guidance can be used by incorporating them in the operations for displaying jam guidance in the operating procedures shown in
Fig. 13 or40 in theaforementioned embodiment 1. - In addition, the present embodiment described only the display of the jam guidance of the copying apparatus
main body 1, but the arrangement of the present embodiment also makes it possible to display jam guidance of the RDH2. - The following will discuss still another embodiment of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 ,13 ,36 through 38 and41 through 58 . Here, for convenience of explanation, those members that have the same arrangement and functions, and that are described in the aforementioned embodiments are indicated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. - In a jam removing procedure display apparatus including a jam removing procedure display control apparatus of the present embodiment, in the case where the images of the jam guidance mentioned in the
embodiments - In order to perform the above operation, an
LCD 102 shown inFig. 1 can display an image in colors. Moreover, when display data stored in V-RAMs 145·146 are displayed on theLCD 102, an LCD controller 150 takes out display colors from a color palette 149 according to color information of the display data about a place displayed on theLCD 102 so as to display an image in colors. - The above-mentioned display operations of the door open guidance shown in
Fig. 13 are shown inFigs. 41 through 58 . First and second doors 39.40 represented by slanted lines in the drawings are the operation designating section of the jam guidance. On the screen of theLCD 102, the slanted line portions are displayed in red, for example, and a shape of the copying apparatus other than the slanted line portions are displayed in black, for example. - In addition, in the case where another jam guidance, for example, sheet feeding tray guidance shown in
Fig. 35 is displayed, a pressure releasing button 44 and sheets P are shown by a same color, red, and a shape of the copying apparatus other than the above are displayed in black. Moreover, in the case where sheet carrying unit guidance shown inFigs. 36 through 38 is displayed, a carryingunit 43 is displayed in red, and the shape of the copying apparatus other than the carryingunit 43 are displayed in black. - In the case of the above jam guidance display, an operation designating section which is operated at the time of removing jam and non-operation designating section other than the operation designating section are clearly distinguished so as to be displayed, so the procedures of operation becomes easier to understand for an operator, thereby making it possible to decrease errors in operation. As a result, even in the case where the operator is inexperienced in the copying apparatus, in the case of a copying apparatus which requires complicated operation for removing jam, or in the case of a copying apparatus where operations for removing jam are hard to understand, jam can be easily and safely removed.
- Here, colors of the operation designating sections and the non-operation designating sections in the jam guidance display are not limited to red and black, so they can be suitably set. Moreover, the display of the operation designating section and the non-operation designating section in the jam guidance display may be clearly distinguished, so it is not limited to the above-mentioned display in different colours. Therefore, jam guidance may be displayed in different statuses, display by different shade, display by slanted line portions and non-slanted line portions, display by a blink and non-blink. In the case where such display is carried out, the
LCD 102 may carry out only monochrome display. - The following will discuss still another embodiment of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 and59 . Here, for convenience of explanation, those members that have the same arrangement and functions, and that are described in the aforementioned embodiments are indicated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. - In a jam removing procedure display apparatus including a jam removing procedure display control apparatus of the present embodiment, in the case where the jam guidance mentioned in the
embodiment - In order to perform the above operation, an
LCD 102 shown inFig. 1 can carry out display in colours. Moreover, when display data stored in V-RAMs 145.146 are displayed on theLCD 102, an LCD controller 150 takes out display colors from a color palette 149 according to color information of the display data about a place displayed on theLCD 102 so as to display an image in colors. - The above-mentioned display example is shown in
Fig. 59 . Rotational operation knobs 45·46, which is slanted line portions in the drawing are operation designating sections, a body of equipment of a fixingunit 21 which is a meshed portion is a a place with a high temperature which should be cared, namely, an operation inhibit section. On a screen of theLCD 102, the slanted line portions are displayed in blue, for example, and a meshed portions is displayed in red, for example. Moreover, a shape of the copying apparatus other than the slanted line portions and the meshed portion is displayed in black, for example. Here, therotational operation knob 45 rotates a fixing roller of the fixingunit 21 and therotational operation knob 46 rotates a carrying roller. - In the case of the above-mentioned jam guidance display, since the operation designating section which is operated at the time of removing jam and the operation inhibit section are clearly distinguished so as to be displayed, an operator can accurately grasp and hardly make a mistake in operation. As a result, even in the case where the operator is inexperienced in the copying apparatus, in the case of a copying apparatus which requires complicated operations for removing jam, or in the case of a copying apparatus where operations for removing jam is hard to understand, jam can be easily and safely removed.
- Here, colours of the operation designating sections and the operation inhibit sections in the jam guidance display are not limited to blue and red, so they can be suitably set. Moreover, the display of the operation designating section and the operation inhibit section in the jam guidance display may be clearly distinguished, so it is not limited to the above-mentioned display in different colours. Therefore, jam guidance may be displayed in different statuses, display by different shade, display by slanted line portions and non-slanted line portions, display by a blink and non-blink. In the case where such display is carried out, the
LCD 102 may carry out only monochrome display. - Once the jam guidance has been completed a document return guidance may be performed according to the following three examples.
- The following will discuss an example of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 ,3 ,4 and60 through 66 . Here, for convenience of explanation, those members that have the same arrangement and functions, and that are described in the aforementioned embodiment are indicated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. - In a jam removing procedure display apparatus of the present example, in the case where jam of documents occurs in a copying apparatus
main body 1 or in anRDH 2 during copy of plural documents using theRDH 2, namely, during copy in an RDH mode, document return guidance is displayed. - The document return guidance designates a method of returning a document to a
document storing section 51 of theRDH 2 shown inFig. 3 . In other words, in the case of copying in theRDH 2 mode, when a copying operation is suspended due to jam, it is necessary that documents on thedocument storing section 51 are returned to their initial state. Here, after resumption of copying, copied documents are fed forward without being copied, and non-copied documents are copied. In order to perform this operation, a counter for counting a number of documents which have been fed by theRDH 2 is usually provided to the copying apparatusmain body 1 or theRDH 2, and the copying operation is controlled based upon the counted value. - Methods of returning documents at the time when jam occurs are different for the case of the both-sided mode for copying both-sided documents on both sides of sheets and the case of the single-sided mode for copying single-sided documents on one side of sheets or copying single-sided documents on both sides of sheets. Moreover, the
RDH 2 circulates a plurality of documents on the document storing section 51 a first page of which is on the top with its front side facing upward so that copying is carried out starting from a rear side of a bottom document. Therefore, even in the both-sided mode, the method of returning documents is different for the case of jam at a first circulation, namely, during copying of a rear side (first circulation jam) and the case of jam of a second circulation, namely, during copying of a front side after the rear side (second circulation jam). Therefore, as shown inFig. 60 , the display of the document return guidance varies with the above-mentioned cases. Moreover, each mode is set by a operation of a copymode setting section 112 of anoperation panel 101 shown inFig. 4 . - Since the method of returning documents in the case of jam of the single-sided mode does not reverse documents, as shown in
Fig. 60 , a document group A on a detectingsection 67a of arecycle sensor 67 which have been copied may be simply returned under a document group B under the detectingsection 67a which is not copied. - In the method of returning documents in the case of the first circulation jam in the both-sided mode, the document group A on the detecting
section 67a whose rear sides have been copied and face upwards is first rearranged so that an up-and-down direction of the documents are reversed, namely, the document on the top comes to the bottom, and thereafter, the whole document group A is reversed so as to be returned under the document group B under the detectingsection 67a which is not copied. - In the method of returning documents in the case of the second circulation jam in the both-sided mode, the document group B under the detecting
section 67a only whose rear sides have been copied and face upwards is first rearranged so that an up-and-down direction of the documents are reversed, and thereafter, the whole document group B is reversed so as to be returned on the document group A on the detectingsection 67a whose both sides have been copied. - When the copying is started, the detecting
section 67a of therecycle sensor 67 moves to a top section of a document group stored on thedocument storing section 51. As a result, the detectingsensor 67a detects a cycle of feeding of documents in the document circular feeding operation of theRDH 2. - In order to perform the above display operation, furthermore, a data ROM 142 shown in
Fig. 1 previously stores data of messages represented by characters which show the procedures of operations for returning documents. Moreover, agraphic ROM 148 previously stores data of dynamic images which show the procedure of operations for returning documents. Concretely, thegraphic ROM 148 stores data which show an outline of theRDH 2 as well as cell patterns shown inFigs. 61 and62 for the operations of documents, cell patterns shown inFigs. 63 through 65 , etc. A CPU 143 and an LCD controller 150 makes document returning guidance display on theLCD 102 based upon the above data or cell patterns by a similar operation to that mentioned in the aforementioned embodiment. - With the above arrangement, as shown in
Fig. 60 , in the apparatus, when aprogressive key 103 shown inFig. 4 is operated after the jam guidance is completed (S21), document returning guidance is displayed respectively according to the case of the jam in the single-sided mode, the case of the first circulation jam in the both-sided mode and the second circulation jam in the both-sided mode (S22). - For example, in the document returning guidance in the case of the jam in the single-sided mode, as shown in
Figs. 61(a) through 61(d) andFigs. 62(a) through 62(f) , a message which instructs operations for documents and dynamic images of thecells 1 through 10 which show a moving operation for documents are displayed. These displayed images show the procedure for the method of retuning documents, andFigs. 61(a) through 61(c) show an operation for picking up the document group A from thedocument storing section 51 of theRDH 2. Moreover,Figs. 61(d) and62(a) and 62(b) show operations for picking up the document group B from thedocument storing section 51, andFigs. 62(c) and 62(d) show operations for positioning the document group A under the document group B.Figs. 62(e) and 62(f) show operations for positioning the document groups B and A which have been combined on thedocument storing section 51. - Here, The message which shows the operation for documents are shown in only
Fig. 61(a) , but on the screen of theLCD 102, the message is displayed in a state shown in the other drawings. - In addition, for example, in the document returning guidance in the case of the first circulation jam in the both-sided mode, as shown in
Figs. 63(a) through 63(f) ,Figs. 64(a) through 64(f) andFigs. 65(a) through 65(d) , a message which instructs the operation for documents (not shown) and the dynamic images of thecells 1 through 16 which show the moving operation for documents are displayed. These displayed images show the procedure of the method of returning documents, andFigs. 63(a) and 63(b) show operations for picking up the document group A from thedocument storing section 51 of theRDH 2. TheFigs. 63(c) through 63(f) andFig. 64(a) show an operation for rearranging a up-and-down direction of the document group A, andFigs. 64(b) and 64(c) show an operation for reversing a front/rear side of the document group A. Moreover,Figs. 64(d) through 64(f) show an operation for picking up the document group B from thedocument storing section 51, andFigs. 65(a) and 65(b) show an operation for positioning the document group A under the document group B.Figs. 65(c) and 65(d) show an operation for positioning the document groups B and A which have been combined on thedocument storing section 51. - Here, the message which shows the operation for documents are not shown in the above drawings, but similarly to the case of jam in the single-sided mode, in the display of the
LCD 102, the message is displayed in each state shown in the above drawings. Moreover, the document returning guidance in the case of the second circular jam in the both-sided mode is also displayed in a similar manner. - In addition, the document returning guidance which shows the procedures of the document returning method is circularly displayed repeatedly until an input key for copying is operated. The input key for copying is a copy start key 110 shown in
fig. 4 or each key of a copymode setting section 112, for example. - The above operations are shown in
Fig. 66 as a flow chart. In other words, after the display of the jam guidance is completed, when theprogressive key 103 is turned ON, for example, the document returning guidance is started to display (S31) and the guidance is circularly displayed (S32). Thereafter, when an operation for returning document is completed and the input key for copying is turned ON (S33), the display of the document returning guidance is completed so as to be switched to normal display (S34). - In the case of the jam in each copy mode using the
RDH 2, the document returning guidance makes it possible to easily and accurately return documents. In other words, in the case where the document returning method is simply displayed only as a message or a still image, it is difficult for an operator to understand the document returning method, and the operator is liable to make a mistake in operation. This problem is remarkable particularly when jam is removed in the both-sided mode which requires the above-mentioned complicated operations. On the contrary, if the procedure for returning documents is displayed as a dynamic image like the document returning guidance, the operator can easily understand the procedure and accurately perform its operation. - In addition, since the document returning guidance can be displayed on the
LCD 102 successively after the jam guidance, the procedure for removing jam from the copying apparatusmain body 1 side to theRDH 2 side can be easily and efficiently carried out. - The following will discuss a second example of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 and67 through 71 . Here, for convenience of explanation, those members that have the same arrangement and functions, and that are described in the aforementioned embodiments and example are indicated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. - In a jam removing procedure display apparatus of the present example, on a screen where the document returning guidance is displayed, a portion where an operator performs a moving operation in a dynamic image is displayed in a different color from of an unmoving portion other than the moving portion.
- In order to perform the above operation, the
LCD 102 shown inFig. 1 is capable of displaying images in colors. Moreover, when making display data stored in V-RAMs 145/146 display on theLCD 102, an LCD controller 150 makes the data display in colors by taking out colors from a color palette 149 based upon color information of a portion to be displayed on theLCD 102 in the display data. - The above display operation is shown in
Figs. 67 and68 as the document returning guidance shown inFigs. 61 and62 , for example. A document shown by slanted lines in the drawings is a portion on which the moving operation should be performed in the document returning guidance. On the screen of theLCD 102, the slanted line portion is displayed in red, for example, documents and aRDH 2 shape section other than the red portion are displayed in black, for example. - In addition, the above display operation is shown in
Figs. 69 through 71 as the document returning guidance shown inFigs. 63 through 65 . Documents shown by upper-right slanted lines are documents on which the moving operation should be performed in the document returning guidance, and documents shown by lower-right slanted lines are documents on which the moving operation is not performed. On the screen of theLCD 102, the upper-light slanted line portion is displayed in red, for example, the lower-right slanted line portion is displayed in blue, for example, and theRDH 2 shape portion other than the above two portions is displayed in black, for example. - With the above document returning guidance, since an operation designating section to be operated in the document returning process, namely, a document to be operated is clearly distinguished from an non-operation designating section other than the document to be operated, namely, a document not to be operated, it is easier for an operator to understand the procedure of the operation, so the operator hardly makes a mistake in the operation. As a result, the operator can easily and accurately perform the document returning operation when jam occurs.
- Here, colors of the operation designating portion and the non-operation designating section in the above document returning guidance can be suitably set without being limited to red and black. Moreover, since the operation designating portion and the non-operation designating portion in the document returning guidance may be clearly distinguished, they may be displayed in various states such as in different depth, by slanted lines and non-slanted lines, by blinking and unblinking without being limited to display in different colours. In the case of display in the above ways, the
LCD 102 may display images in only black and white. - The following will discuss a third example of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 and72 through 74 . Here, for convenience of explanation, those members that have the same arrangement and functions, and that are described in the aforementioned embodiments and examples are indicated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. - In a jam removing procedure display apparatus of the present example, on a screen where the document returning guidance mentioned in examples 1 and 2 is displayed, when jam of documents occurs in a
RDH 2 side, a page of documents which causes jam, namely, a number of a page which is counted in an order that the documents are fed is informed to an operator by a message. - In order to perform the above operation, a
CPU 125 of an operation controlling section 124 shown inFig. 1 is provided with a counter which counts a number of fed documents and transmits a counted value to a CPU 143 of adisplay controlling section 128 when jam occurs. Moreover, data for displaying the above-mentioned page number by means of a message are stored in a data ROM 142. The CPU 143 reads out the data of the page number and writes them to V-RAMs 145·146 when jam of documents occurs, and an LCD controller 150 makes the data of the page number stored in the V-RAMs 145·146 display on anLCD 102 together with the dynamic images which show the document returning procedure. - The above-mentioned display operations are shown in
Figs. 72 through 74 as the document returning guidance shown inFigs. 63 through 65 . In the drawings, the case where a 5th document is jammed is shown. Messages for displaying jammed documents are not shown in the drawings other thanFig. 72(a) , but messages with same contents are displayed in the drawings other thanFig. 72(a) . - With the above-mentioned document returning guidance, an operator can verify a state of a jammed document, so states which causes jam of a document, such as curling, a wrinkle, can be also removed. Therefore, a recurrence of jam can be prevented, and the operation for returning documents becomes easier.
- The following will discuss still another example of the present invention referring to
Figs. 1 through 3 ,Fig. 12 ,Figs. 15 through 33 ,Figs. 41 through 58 andFigs. 75 through 164 . Here, for convenience of explanation, those members that have the same arrangement and functions, and that are described in the aforementioned embodiments and examples are indicated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. - A manual
insertion sheet guide 71 for adjusting a widthwise direction of sheets stored on a manual insertionsheet feeding tray 26 and anauxiliary tray 72 which is used as the occasion demands are provided in the vicinity of the manual insertionsheet feeding tray 26 shown inFig. 2 (SeeFig. 75 ). - A disposed
toner bottle 75 for collecting toner which has been scraped off by acleaning unit 18 in thecopying process section 22 is provided below afinisher 33 shown inFig. 2 . - In addition, as shown in
Figs. 75 and76 , first and second doors 39.40 are provided on a front side of the copying apparatusmain body 1, and as shown inFig. 77 , a left side face cover 73 (which is same as thethird door 41 shown inFig. 7 ) and a disposed tonerbottle unit conver 74 which is opened and closed when the disposedtoner bottle 75 is replaced are provided on a left side. Moreover, as shown inFig. 75 , atoner hopper cover 70, which is opened and closed when toner is supplied to thetoner hopper 47, is provided on an upper face side of the copying apparatusmain body 1 together with theRDH 2. - Meanwhile, as shown in
Fig 78 orFig. 3 , theRDH 2 includes adocument storing section 51 where a plurality of documents are stored on its upper surface and a manual insertion document setplaten 69. Thedocument storing section 51 is provided with a documentbackward end guide 80 for adjusting a lengthwise direction of stored documents and adocument guide 81 for adjusting a widthwise direction of documents. The manual insertion document setplaten 69 is provided with a manualinsertion document guide 82 and anauxiliary tray 205 which is used as the need arises. - In addition, a plurality of state sensors for detecting states of each section in the copying apparatus are provided in the copying apparatus. As shown in
Fig. 79 , as the state sensors, a toner empty sensor Sa1' which is turned OFF when toner exist in thetoner hopper 47 and is turned ON when toner runs out is provided in thetoner hopper 47. Moreover, as the state sensors, sheet backward end detecting sensors Sa2'·Sa3'·Sa4' which are turned ON when detecting a backward end of sheets set insheet feeding trays 23·24·25 and is turned OFF when sheets run out are provided insheet feeding trays 23·24·25. Moreover, as the state sensor, a sheet detecting sensor Sa5' which is turned ON when sheets exist on thetray 26 and is turned OFF when sheets run out is provided in an inner part of the manualsheet feeding tray 26. - In addition, as the state sensors, a home position detecting sensor Sa6' which is turned ON when the
stapler unit 48 is in a home position and is turned OFF during working of the stapler is provided in thefinisher 33, and a staple detecting sensor Sa7' which is turned ON when a staple is set in theunit 48 and is turned OFF when a staple runs out is provided in thestapler unit 48 of thefinisher 33. Moreover, as the state sensor a discharge tray lower position detecting sensor Sa8', which is turned OFF until thedischarge tray 36 reaches a lower position and is turned ON when thetray 36 falls down as sheets increase and thetray 36 reaches the lower position, is provided in thefinisher 33. - In addition, as the state sensor, a disposed toner full detecting sensor Sa9', which is turned OFF when the disposed
toner bottle 75 is light because of the emptydisposed toner bottle 75 and is turned ON when thebottle 75 is heavy because of the filledbottle 75, is provided below the disposedtoner bottle 75 of the copying apparatusmain body 1. - In addition, a lot of state sensors are provided also in the
RDE 2. As the state sensor, an open/close detecting sensor Sb1', which is turned OFF when theRDH 2 is in an opened state for thedocument exposing section 3 and is turned ON when in a closed state, is provided on an opposite face side to thedocument exposing section 3. Here, the open/close detecting sensor Sb1' is also provided to an original cover which is provided instead of theRDH 2, and has a same function. Moreover, as the state sensor, a document set detecting sensor Sb2', which is turned CFF when document are not set on theRDH 2 and is turned CN when documents are set on theRDH 2, is provided in the vicinity of the sendingbelt 52. Moreover, as the state sensor, a document length detecting sensor Sb3' and a document width detecting sensor Sb4' for detecting a size of documents are provided above the carryingbelt 56. - In addition, the copying apparatus has an
operation panel 101 shown inFig. 9 . Theoperation panel 101 is provided with anLCD 102 as display means, a reduction/equality/enlargement key 103', a magnification automatically selecting key 104', azoom key 114, anoperation guide key 105, a copy setnumber display section 106, a copy completionnumber display section 107, a copy number setkey 108 for inputtingnumerals 0 through 9, aclear key 109 for clearing a set number by the copy number setkey 108, a sheet feeding tray selecting key 115, and acopy start key 110 for commanding a start of copying. Moreover, theoperation panel 101 is provided with a finisherfunction setting section 111 for setting process, such as a staple process, in thefinisher 33, a copymode setting section 112 for setting a copy mode, such as the both-sided mode or one-sided mode, afunction setting section 113 for setting copying by various functions, such as, copying with guard sheets being inserted, copying with a binding margin, copying with borders being removed. - Furthermore, the copying apparatus has a control circuit shown in
Fig. 12 . InFig. 12 , a sensor 121 is sensors including the state sensors Sa·Sb and a sensor for detecting jam, not shown, provided to the copying apparatusmain body 1 and theRDH 2. A key 122 includes various keys provided on theoperation panel 101. The sensors 121 and thekeys 122 are connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 125 of an operation controlling section 124 through an input/output (I/O) interface 123. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 126 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 127 are connected to theCPU 125, and also adisplay controlling section 128, a motor driver 129 and a clutch driver 131 are connected thereto through the I/O interface 123. - The
display control section 128 controls a display driver provided therein so as to display a numerical value, copying conditions, copying functions, states of the copying apparatus, such as occurrence of jam, a procedure of their operations, or procedures of each operation in the case where an operator should performs prescribed operations, such as out of sheets, out of toner, on theLCD 102 and a copy settingnumber display section 106 and a copying completionnumber display section 107, etc. provided to theoperation panel 101. - As shown in
Fig. 1 , thedisplay control section 128 for controlling theLCD 102 includes a program ROM 141, a data ROM 142, a CPU 143, an attribute RAM 144, V-RAMs 145·146, a CG-ROM 147, agraphic ROM 148 as dynamic data storing means, a color palettes 149, and an LCD controller 150. - The data ROM 142 preliminarily stores data of messages represented by characters which show a sequence of procedures required to be performed by an operator in order to carrying out next copying in each section of the copying apparatus
main body 1 and theRDH 2, and an storage address, display color information, etc. of dynamic data in thegraphic ROM 148. Namely, a function as message data storing means is added to the data ROM 142. Thegraphic ROM 148 preliminarily stores dynamic data which show a sequence of procedures required to be performed by an operator when copying operation is carried out. - With the above arrangement, in the copying apparatus, in the case where a prescribed operation by an operator is required when next copying is carried out, on the
LCD 102 of theoperation panel 101, a dynamic image of operation guidance for the operation is displayed superimposed on an image processing screen representing image processing information. In this case, the dynamic image of the operation guidance is reduced so as to be displayed in an upper blank portion without covering the image processing screen. - In the case where it is necessary for an operator to connect a printer in order to print out manager data, such as a number of copied sheets, jam data, for example, in the copying apparatus, option installing operation guidance for option installation shown in
Fig. 82 is displayed. The option installing operation guidance shows a procedure for option installation, and in this case, it is a procedure for connecting a printer as a commander for printing out the manager data. - The copying apparatus is previously set so that the manager data are printed out per one hundred thousand sheets, so necessity for commander connection which is an option is detected per one hundred thousand sheets. In other words, when a counter, not shown, which is provided to the copying apparatus
main body 1 counts a prescribed number of copied sheets, timing of option installation is detected and the option installing operation guidance is started to display. - At S1 in the drawing, only image processing information shown in
Fig. 81 is displayed on theLCD 102 of theoperation panel 101. This is the image processing screen mentioned above. With this picture, copying depth is automatically set, a copying magnification is set for an magnification of 100% and the firstsheet feeding tray 23 is selected. Moreover, a size of sheets set on thesheet feeding trays 23 through 25 is shown, and a message "Copying is possible" is displayed so that copying can be performed. - When the timing of option installation is detected, the operation controlling section 124 designates the
display controlling section 128 to display option installing operation guidance through a communication interface. After that, the CPU 143 reads out data of a message to be displayed from the data ROM 142 as well as a storage address, display color information, and writes them into the V-RAMs 145·146. - Next, the LCD controller 150 reads out the data stored in the V-
RAMs 145·146 through CG-ROM 147 and thegraphic ROM 148, and designates theLCD 102 to display the data. - As a result, instead of the message "Copying is possible", as shown in
Figs. 83 through 86 , a message " Connect commander according to procedure shown in the right drawing" is displayed on theLCD 102, and a dynamic image ofFig. 83 showing a mode setting operation, a dynamic image ofFig. 84 showing a door opening operation, a dynamic image ofFig. 85 showing a commander installation and a dynamic image ofFig. 86 showing an ON operation of a start/stop key are circularly displayed in this order in a blank portion in the image processing screen of the LCD 102 (S2 through S5 ofFig. 82 ). Here,Figs. 83 through 86 mentioned here show pictures which are displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. - As shown in
Fig. 15 , the dynamic image showing the door opening operation at S3 is used for graphically displaying the opening operation of the first andsecond doors 39·40, and it is obtained by animatingcells 1 through 18 shown inFigs. 16 through 33 by a transition time t. In order to display this dynamic image, data representing an outline of a copying apparatus as well as the above-mentioned cells which are used for the dynamic image of the door opening operation are stored in the program ROM 141, and the program ROM 141 is controlled such that only a portion of the dynamic image for an active door is rewritten by a program. Here, the suitable transition time t is approximately 70 to 200 ms as mentiontioned above, in order to display the dynamic images smoothly. - Here, the dynamic image showing the mode setting at S2 (see
Fig. 83 ) shows an operation for switching amode switch 200a of thecommander 200 to a PPC mode, and simple messages "PPC" and "mode switch" are displayed in a portion A of the dynamic image and in a portion B of the dynamic image respectively. This makes the operation easier. The dynamic image showing the commander installation at S4 shows an operation for moving a connector cover towards a direction of an arrow so as to insert it with the arrow marked on theconnector 201 facing upward. Simple messages "Connector cover" and "Arrow upward" are displayed in a portion A of the dynamic image and in a portion B of the dynamic image are displayed respectively, and this makes the operation easier. - In this manner, when the timing of the option installation is detected and the option installing operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, even if an operator first connects the
commander 200 which is an option or it is hard for the operator to understand its operation, the operator can grasp a summary of its whole operation, thereby making it possible to safely and securely perform the operation. - In addition, in the case where toner runs out in the
toner hopper 47 and the operator should supply toner, in the copying apparatus, toner supplying operation guidance for supplying toner shown inFig. 87 is displayed. After the toner empty sensor Sa1' is switched from OFF to ON and toner empty is detected, such operation guidance is displayed. - The above-mentioned toner supplying operation guidance shows the procedure for supplying toner. At S6 through S9, on the image processing screen displayed on the
LCD 102, a message "Supply toner according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed as shown inFigs. 88 through 91 successively below the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, an dynamic image ofFig. 88 showing an operation for standing atray 199 and for opening thetoner hopper cover 70, a dynamic image ofFig. 89 which shows an operation for installing atoner cartridge 202 to a supplying port while being positioned, a dynamic image ofFig. 90 which shows an operation for supplying toner from thetoner cartridge 202 into thetoner hopper 47, a dynamic image ofFig. 91 which shows an operation for closing the toner hopper cover 70 by removing thetoner cartridge 202 are displayed circularly in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Here,Figs. 88 through 91 shown here show images which are displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the toner supplying operation guidance is displayed in the same manner as of the above-mentioned option installing guidance. Furthermore, thetray 199 is provided to a copying apparatus where an original cover is used, so it is not provided to the copying apparatus of the present embodiment. - In such a manner, when toner empty is detected and the toner supplying operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, even if an operator first supplies the toner or it is hard for the operator to understand its operation, the operator can grasp a summary of its whole operation, thereby making it possible to safely and securely perform the operation.
- In addition, in the case where sheets run out in the selected first
sheet feeding tray 23 and an operator should supply sheets, in the copying apparatus, sheet supplying operation guidance for supplying sheet shown inFig. 92 is displayed. Such operating guidance is displayed when sheet empty which switches the sheet backward end detecting sensor Sa2' from ON to OFF is detected. - The above-mentioned sheet supplying operation guidance shows a procedure for supplying sheets. At S10 through S13, on the image processing screen displayed on the
LCD 102, instead of the message "Copying is possible", as shown inFigs. 93 through 96 , a message "Supply sheets on the first tray according to the procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed. Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 93 which shows an operation for pulling out the firstsheet feeding tray 23 by pushing anopen button 203, a dynamic image ofFig. 94 which shows an operation for scattering sheets to be supplied, a dynamic image ofFig. 95 which shows an operation for supplying the scattered sheets to the firstsheet feeding tray 23, a dynamic image ofFig. 96 which shows an operation for returning the firstsheet feeding tray 23 are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Here,Figs. 93 through 96 shown here show images which are displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the sheet supplying operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the above-mentioned option installing guidance. - In such a manner, when the sheet empty is detected and the sheet supplying operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, even if an operator first supplies sheets to the
sheet feeding tray 23 and or it is hard for the operator to understand its operation, the operator can grasp a summary of its whole operation, thereby making it possible to safely and securely perform the operation. - In addition, in this case, in order to achieve easier operation for the operator, at S10 through S13, instead of the aforementioned message "Supply sheets to the first tray according to the procedure shown in right drawing", as shown in
Figs. 97 through 100 , a message "Supply sheets of A4 to the first tray according to the procedure shown in right drawing" which specifies a size of sheets to be supplied may be displayed. As a result, sheet can be supplied more securely. - In addition, in the aforementioned explanation, the copying apparatus is arranged so as to include the
RDH 2, but in the case where the copying apparatus includes an original cover instead of theRDH 2, when the original cover is opened so that copying is completed in a copying mode that a document directly stores on a document platen of thedocument exposing section 3 so as to be copied, and thereafter, an operator should remove the documents, in the copying apparatus of the present embodiment, first document removing operation guidance ofFig. 101 for removing documents is displayed. Such operation guidance is displayed when a point in time copying is completed is detected, as mentioned later. - The above first document removing operation guidance shows a procedure for removing documents from the document platen. At S15 through S17, on the image processing screen displayed on the
LCD 102, as shown inFigs. 102 through 104 , a message "Remove documents according to a procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed below the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 102 which shows an operation for opening the original cover, a dynamic image ofFig. 103 which shows an operation for removing documents and a dynamic image ofFig. 104 which shows an operation for closing the original cover are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Here,Figs. 102 through 104 shown here show images which are displayed on the LCD at a certain moment. Moreover, the first document removing operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the above option installing guidance. - In such a way, when a pint in time copying is completed is detected and the first document removing operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, it is restrained that an operator forgets to remove documents, so a secure operation is possible even when the operator first carries out copying.
- The detection at the point in time copying is completed is performed according to the procedure shown in a flow chart of
Fig. 105 . In other words, when the open/close detecting sensor Sb1' is switched ON - OFF -ON and detects that the original cover is opened and closed (S101), a copy counter (CCNT) for counting a number of copied sheets is cleared (S102), and a number of mulchers is set as (MDATA) (S103). The sequences S101 through S103 are repeated (S104) until a judgement is made that a copying start key is turned ON. When the copying start key is turned ON, the counter counts up one by one every time when one copy is completed until a relationship: CCNT = MDATA holds (S105 through S107), and a point in time the relationship CCNT = MDATA holds at S107 is detected as the point in time the copying is completed (S108). - In addition, in the case where the copying in the copying mode for carrying out copying with automatic document feeding by the
RDH 2 and an operator should remove the documents, in the copying apparatus, second document removing operation guidance for removing documents from theRDH 2 shown inFig. 106 is displayed. Such operation guidance is displayed when a point in time copying is completed is detected, as mentioned later. - The aforementioned second document removing operation guidance shows a procedure for removing documents from the
document storing section 51 of theRDH 2. At S20, on the image processing screen displayed on theLCD 102, as shown inFigs. 107 through 108 , a message "Remove documents according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed below the message "Copying is possible". Dynamic images ofFigs. 107 and 108 which show an operation for removing the document from thedocument storing section 51 are displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Here,Figs. 107 and 108 shown here show images which are displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the second document removing operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the above-mentioned option installing guidance. - In this way, when a point in time copying is completed is detected in a mode using the
RDH 2 and the second document removing operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, it is restrained that an operator forget to remove documents, so a secure operation is possible even when an operator first carries out copying using theRDH 2. - Such a detection at the point in time copying is completed using the
RDH 2 is made according to the procedure shown in a flow chart ofFig. 109 . In other words, when documents are set on the document storing section 51 (S110), a mirror scan counter (MCNT) for counting a number of scanning by a mirror is cleared (S111), and a document number counter (CUNT) is cleared (S112). The sequences S110 through S112 is repeated until a judgement is made that the copy start key is turned ON (S113), and when the copy start key is turned ON, a number of documents is counted by CUNT (S114). Mirror scanning is carried out on each document, and the counter counts up one by one every time the scanning is completed until a relationship: CUNT = MCNT holds (S115 through S117). A point in time when the relationship: CUNT = MCNT is detected as the point in time the copying is completed using the RDH 2 (S118). - In addition, in the copying apparatus, in the case where an image forming operation at a discharge section is completed and an operator should remove discharge sheets, first discharge sheet removing operation guidance of
Fig. 110 for removing discharge sheets is displayed. Such operation guidance is displayed when timing the image forming operation is completed is detected as mentioned later. - The first discharge sheet removing operation guidance shows a procedure for removing discharge sheets. At S23 and S24, on the image processing screen displayed on the
LCD 102, as shown inFigs. 111 through 113 , a message "Remove sheets from discharge tray according to procedure in right drawing" is displayed instead of the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 111 which shows a state that sheets are stored on thedischarge tray 36, and a dynamic image ofFigs. 112 and113 which shows an operation for removing sheets are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Here,Figs. 111 through 113 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Further, the first discharge sheet removing operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In such a way, when completion of the image forming operation in the discharge section is detected and the first discharge sheet removing operation guidance as the dynamic images is automatically displayed, an operator can safely and securely perform the operation without damaging the documents.
- Such detection of the completion of the image forming operation in the discharge section is carried out according to a procedure shown in a flow chart of
Fig. 114 . In other words, the open/close detecting sensor Sb1' is switched ON - OFF - ON, and when a detection is made that the original cover is opened and closed (S120), a discharge counter (CUNT) for counting a number of discharge sheets is cleared (S121), and a number of mulchers is set as (MDATA) (S122). The procedures S120 through S122 is repeated until a judgement is made that the copy start key is turned ON (S123), and when the copy start key is turned ON, the counter counts up one by one every time a copied sheet is discharged (S124 through S126) until a relationship: CUNT = MDATA holds. when the relationship: CUNT = MDATA holds at S126, a detection is made that the image forming operation is completed in the discharge section (S127). - In addition, in the case where staples run out in the
stapler unit 48 and the operator should supply staples, in the copying apparatus, staple supplying operation guidance ofFig. 115 for supplying staples is displayed. The above operation guidance is displayed when the staple detecting sensor Sa7' in thestapler unit 48 is switched from ON from OFF so as to detect non-existence of staples. - The above staple supplying operation guidance shows a procedure for supplying staples. At S26 through S30, on the image processing screen displayed on the
LCD 102, as shown inFigs. 116 through 120 , a message "Supply staples according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed instead of the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 116 which shows an operation for opening acover 204 in the vicinity of the stapler unit, a dynamic image ofFig. 117 which shows an operation for removing an empty staple cartridge 205a, a dynamic image ofFig. 118 which shows an operation for removing a protective cover of anew staple cartridge 205b, a dynamic image ofFig. 119 which shows an operation for installing thenew staple cartridge 205b and a dynamic image ofFig. 120 which shows an operation for pushing a staple key are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Furthermore, a simple message "Protective conver" is also displayed in a portion A of the dynamic image ofFig. 118 . Here,Figs. 116 through 120 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the staple supplying operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when the non-existence of staples is detected and the staple supplying operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, even if an operator first supplies staples or it is hard for the operator to understand its operation, the operator can safely and securely perform the operation seeing the dynamic images.
- In addition, in the case where jam of staples occurs in the
stapler unit 48 and an operator should remove the jammed staples, in the copying apparatus, staple restoring operation guidance ofFig. 121 for removing the jam of staples is displayed. The above guidance is displayed when the jam of staples is detected in the case where the home position detecting sensor Sa6' provided in thefinisher 33 is not turned ON because thestapler unit 48 does not return to its home position within prescribed time after a stapling operation. - The above staple restoring operation guidance shows a procedure for dispelling jam of staples by removing jammed staples. At S33 through S40, on the image processing screen displayed on the
LCD 102, as shown inFigs. 122 through 130 , a message "Staples are jammed. Remove staples according to procedure in right drawing" is displayed instead of the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 122 which shows an operation for opening thecover 204 in the proximity of the stapler unit, a dynamic image ofFigs. 123 and124 which shows an operation for removing thestapler unit 48, a dynamic image ofFig. 125 which shows an operation for opening a driven section in thestapler unit 48, a dynamic image ofFig. 126 which shows an operation for removing jammed staples, a dynamic image ofFig. 127 which shows an operation for returning the driven section to an original position, a dynamic image ofFig. 128 which shows an operation for installing thestapler unit 48 to the original position, a dynamic image ofFig. 129 which shows an operation for closing thecover 204 and a dynamic image ofFig. 130 which shows an operation for pushing the staple key are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Furthermore, simple messages "Green release lever" and "Grain lever", etc. are also displayed in a portion A and B of the dynamic images inFigs. 125 and127 respectively, and this makes the operation easier. Here,Figs. 122 through 130 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the staple restoring operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when the jam of staples is detected and the staple restoring operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, even if an operator first removes jammed staples or it is hard for the operator to understand its operation, the operator can safely and securely perform the operation seeing the dynamic images.
- In addition, in the case where the disposed
toner bottle 75 is full and an operator should replace the disposedtoner bottle 75, in the copying apparatus, disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance ofFig. 80 for replacing the disposedtoner bottle 75 is displayed. The above operation guidance is displayed when the disposed toner full detecting sensor Sa9' is switched from OFF to ON so as to detect that the disposedtoner bottle 75 is full. - The disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance shows a procedure for replacing the disposed
toner bottle 75 for a new one. At S42 through S45, on the image processing screen displayed on theLCD 102, as shown inFigs. 132 through 135 , a message "Full of disposed toner. Remove disposed toner according to a procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed instead of the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 132 which shows an operation for opening the disposed tonerbottle unit cover 74, a dynamic image ofFig. 133 which shows an operation for taking out the olddisposed toner bottle 75a, a dynamic image ofFig. 134 which shows an operation for installing the newdisposed toner bottle 75b and a dynamic image ofFig. 135 which shows an operation for closing the disposed tonerbottle unit cover 74 are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Furthermore, a simple message "Cap" is also displayed in a portion A of the dynamic image inFig. 133 , this makes the operation easier. Here,Figs. 132 through 135 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when a detection is made that the disposed toner bottle is full and the disposed toner bottle replacing operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, even if an operator first replaces the disposed toner bottle and or it is hard for the operator to understand its operation, the operator can grasp a summary of its whole operation, thereby making it possible to safely and securely perform the operation.
- In addition, in the case where in a copying mode using the manual insertion document set
platen 69 of theRDH 2, a detection is made that documents are stored and an operator should adjust a document storing state, in the copying apparatus, document storing state adjusting operation guidance ofFig. 136 for adjusting a document storing state of the manual insertion document setplaten 69 is displayed. The above operation guidance is displayed when the document sensor Sb2' provided to theRDH 2 is switched OFF to ON so as to detect documents. A size of documents is detected by the document length detecting sensor Sb3' and the document width detecting sensor Sb4'. - The document storing state adjusting operation guidance shows a procedure for setting documents in a proper position of the manual
document storing section 69. At S47 through S50, on the image processing screen displayed on theLCD 102, as shown inFigs. 137 through 140 , a message "Adjust document storage according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed below the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 137 which shows for an operation for confirming that documents do not remain on the document platen of thedocument exposing section 3 under theRDH 2, a dynamic image ofFig. 138 which shows an operation for adjusting the documentbackward end guide 80 and thedocument guide 81 of thedocument storing section 51 in the RDH to a maximum size, a dynamic image ofFig. 139 which shows an operation for adjusting the manualinsertion document guide 82 of the manualinsertion storing section 69 to a size of documents and a dynamic image ofFig. 140 which shows an operation for inserting documents on the manual insertion document setplaten 69 with its surface facing downward are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Moreover, simple messages "Document guide" and "Document backward end guide" are also displayed in a portion A and B of the dynamic image shown inFig. 138 . Here,Figs. 137 through 140 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Furthermore, the document storing state adjusting operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when in the copying mode using the manual insertion
document storing section 69 in theRDH 2, detection is made that documents are stored and the document storing state adjusting operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, even if an operator first carries out copying using theRDH 2, the operator can securely set documents. - In addition, in the case where in the automatic magnification setting mode or the automatic sheet selecting mode using the manual insertion document set
platen 69 in theRDH 2, detection is made that documents are stored and an operator should change a direction of documents, in the copying apparatus, document direction changing operation guidance ofFig. 141 for changing a direction of document is displayed. - The above document direction changing operation guidance is displayed when the document sensor Sb2' provided to the
RDH 2 is switched from OFF to ON so as to detect documents. A size of documents is detected by the document length detecting sensor Sb3' and the document width detecting sensor Sb4'. The automatic magnification setting mode is a mode for automatically setting a magnification according to a size of documents and a selected size of documents, and the automatic sheet selecting mode is a mode for automatically selecting sheets according to a magnification and a size of documents. - The document direction changing operation guidance shows a procedure for restoring the documents in a proper direction of the manual insertion document set
platen 69. At S52 through S54, on the image processing screen displayed on theLCD 102, as shown inFigs. 142 through 144 , a message "Change direction of document according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed below the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 142 which shows an operation for taking out documents from the manual insertion document setplaten 69, a dynamic image ofFig. 143 which shows an operation for opening theauxiliary tray 205 and a dynamic image ofFig. 144 which shows an operation for setting documents are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. For example in the case where the automatic magnification setting mode is set, a size of a document is A4 and a size of a sheet is A3, a magnification is automatically set as 141%, and the guidance for setting a direction of the document as an A4R direction is displayed. Here,Figs. 142 through 144 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the document direction changing operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when in the automatic magnification setting mode or the automatic sheet selecting mode using the manual insertion document set
platen 69 in theRDH 2, detection is made that documents are stored and the document direction changing operation guidance is automatically displayed as dynamic images, an operator can securely obtain a desired copy, so secure copying work is possible. - In addition, in the case where the
discharge tray 36 is full of sheets and an operator should remove sheets from thedischarge tray 36, in the copying apparatus, second discharge sheet removing operation guidance ofFig. 145 for removing discharge sheets which fill thedischarge tray 36 is displayed. The above operation guidance is displayed when the discharge tray lower position detecting sensor Sa8' is switched from OFF to ON so as to detect that the discharge tray is filled with sheets. - The second discharge document removing operation guidance shows a procedure for removing discharge sheet which fill the
discharge tray 36. At S56 and S57, on the image processing screen displayed on theLCD 102, as shown inFigs. 146 through 148 , a message "Discharge tray is full. Remove sheets according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed instead of the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 146 which shows a state that sheets fill thedischarge tray 36 and dynamic images ofFigs. 147 and148 which show operations for removing sheets which fill thedischarge tray 36 are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Here,Figs. 146 through 148 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the second discharge sheet removing operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when the detection is made that the
discharge tray 36 is filled with paper and the second discharge sheet removing operation guidance is automatically displayed, an operator can securely perform a necessary operation so as to continue the copying operation. - In addition, in the case where an operator should supply cover sheets/guard sheets in a a cover sheet/guard sheets mode, in the copying apparatus, cover sheets/guard sheets supplying operation guidance of
Fig. 149 for supplying cover sheets/guard sheets is displayed. The above cover sheets/guard sheets supplying operation guidance is supplied when the sheet detecting sensor Sa5' is switched from ON to OFF so as to detect timing of supplying sheets. - The covers sheets/guard sheets supplying operation guidance shows a procedure for supplying cover sheets/guard sheets. At S59 through S61, on the image processing screen displayed on the
LCD 102, as shown inFigs. 150 through 152 , a message "Supply cover sheets/guard sheets according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed instead of the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 150 which shows an operation for opening theauxiliary tray 72, a dynamic image ofFig. 151 which shows an operation for adjusting the manualinsertion sheet guide 71 to a size of sheets, a dynamic image ofFig. 152 which shows an operation for inserting sheets are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Moreover, a simple message "Auxiliary tray" is also displayed in a portion A of the dynamic image of theFig. 150 , and this makes the operation easier. Here,Figs. 150 through 152 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Furthermore, the cover sheets/guard sheets supplying operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when the cover sheets/guard sheets supplying timing is detected and the cover sheets/guard sheets supplying operation guidance is automatically displayed, even if an operator first inserts cover sheets/guard sheets so as to carrying out copying, or it is difficult for the operator to understand its operation, an operator can easily and securely carrying out the cover sheets/guard sheets copying.
- In addition, in the case where the operator selects the cover sheets/guard sheets mode or a mode for obtaining both-sided copies or one-sided copies from both-sided documents and it is necessary to use
RDH 2 for copying, for example, in the copying apparatus, RDH document storing operation guidance ofFig. 153 for storing documents on theRDH 2 is displayed. The above RDH document storing operation guidance is displayed when a document number counting mode which requires theRDH 2 is used so that timing of storing documents is detected. - The above RDH document storing operation guidance shows a procedure for storing documents on the
RDH 2. At S63 through S66, on the image processing screen displayed on theLCD 102, as shown inFigs. 154 through 157 , a message "Set documents according to procedure shown in right drawing" is displayed below the message "Copying is possible". Moreover, a dynamic image ofFig. 154 which shows an operation for confirming that documents do not exist on the document platen of thedocument exposing section 3, a dynamic image ofFig. 155 which shows an operation for adjusting thedocument guide 81 of thedocument storing section 51 in theRDH 2 to a size of documents, a dynamic image ofFig. 156 which shows an operation for adjusting the document backward end guide 80 of thedocument storing section 51 to a size of documents and a dynamic image ofFig. 157 which shows an operation for setting documents on thedocument storing section 51 with its surface facing upwards are circularly displayed in a blank portion of the image processing screen. Here,Figs. 154 through 157 shown here show images displayed on theLCD 102 at a certain moment. Moreover, the RDH document storing operation guidance is displayed in a same manner as of the option installing guidance. - In this way, when document storing timing is detected and the RDH document storing operation guidance is automatically displayed, even if an operator first performs such an operation or it is difficult to understand the operation, the operator can securely performs the operation.
- As mentioned above, in the operation guidance display apparatus of the copying apparatus, since an operation to be performed by an operator is displayed as dynamic images in a blank portion of the image processing screen at prescribed timing, a necessary operation, a portion on which the operation should be performed and a way of its operation become clear. Therefore, in the case where the operator first performs the operation or it is difficult for the operator to understand the operation, the operator can easily and safely perform the operation, thereby making it possible to improve operability of the copying machine by providing the present apparatus.
- Furthermore, in the present example, since dynamic images which shows operations as well as messages according to the operations are displayed, more secure operation is possible, thereby making it possible to further improve the operability of the copying apparatus by providing the present apparatus.
- Here, the operation guidance display apparatus of the
embodiment 8 is arranged so that operation guidance is displayed being superimposed on a blank portion of the image processing screen, but may be arranged so that the image processing screen and the operation guidance display screen are alternately displayed. - In other words, for example, the case where the option installing timing is detected will be explained as follows. As shown in
Fig. 158 , when the option installing timing is detected, a dynamic image ofFig. 159 which shows an operation for setting a mode, a dynamic image ofFig. 160 which shows an operation for opening doors, a dynamic image ofFig. 161 which shows installation of a commander and a dynamic image ofFig. 162 which shows an operation for turning ON the start/stop key are circularly displayed on thewhole LCD 102 at S2 through S5 from the image processing screen which shows the image processing information of S1. Thereafter, the image processing screen of S1 is displayed again, so S1 and S2 through S5 are alternately displayed. It is suitable that its switching speed is 200 msec to 500 msec which makes it possible to discriminate the both screens. - As shown in
Fig. 163 , when the option installing timing is detected, a timer (TIM) is set to 500 msec (S130), and option installing information where the message "Connect commander" is displayed at S131 is displayed on the image processing screen ofFig. 164 until time is over at 132. When the time is over at S132, the timer (TIM) is again set to 500 msec (S133) and the dynamic images inFig. 163 of the procedure for installing the commander at S2 through S5 are circularly displayed at S135 until the time is over. Then, the procedure is again returned to S130, and the procedures of S130 through S135 is repeated. - It is excellent to alternatively display the images because a lot of messages can be displayed in the case where a lot of messages of the image processing information on the image processing screen are desired to be given to an operator together with the operating information.
- In addition, in the operating guidance display apparatus of the present example, the operation designating section to be operated by an operator and the non-operation designating section are displayed in a same colour as dynamic images, but they may be in different colours, for example. In order to perform the above operation, the
LCD 102 shown inFig. 1 is capable of displaying images in colours. Moreover, when display data stored in the V-RAMs 145.146 is displayed on theLCD 102, the LCD controller 150 takes out display colors from the color palette 149 according to color information of portions of the display data to be displayed on theLCD 102 and display data are displayed in colors. - The displaying operations mentioned above are shown in
Figs. 41 through 58 as dynamic images of opening doors shown inFig. 84 , for example. The first andsecond doors 39·40 which is represented by slanted lines in the drawing are the operation designating sections in the option installing operation guidance. The above slanted line sections are displayed in red, for example, on the screen of theLCD 102, and the copying apparatus shape section is displayed in black, for example. As a result, since the operation designating section to be operated and the non-operation designating section are clearly distinguished so as to be displayed, even in the case where an operator first perform the operation or it is difficult for the operator to understand the operation, the operator can more easily perform the operation. - Here, colors of the operation designating section and the non-operation designating section in the above operation guidance displaying can be suitably set without being limited to red and black. Moreover, since the operation designating section and the non-operation designating section in the above operation guidance displaying may be clearly distinguished, they are not limited to displaying in different colors, so they may be in different states, such as displaying at different depths, displaying as a slanted line section and the a non-slanted line section, displaying by blinking and unblinking. In order to carrying out such displaying, the
LCD 102 may provide black and white displaying. - The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
Claims (5)
- A jam removing procedure display control apparatus (128) of an image forming apparatus, comprising:jam detecting means (Sa1-Sa16, Sb1-Sb8, Sc1-Sc6) for detecting a jam in a plurality of sheet passing sections;dynamic image data storing means (148) for storing dynamic image data which show an operating procedure sequence for removing a jam in the sheet passing sections as a plurality of cell pattern;characterised by :display control means (141, 143, 150) for, when said jam detecting means (Sa1-Sa16, Sb1-Sb8, Sc1-Sc6) detects a jam, displaying a jam silhouette, which is a graphic of the image forming apparatus (128) representing a jam position, then successively displaying the cell patterns as dynamic image data which show a jam removal procedure in the sheet passing sections where said jam detecting means detects remaining of sheets on a display means (102)
- The jam removing procedure display control apparatus of an image forming apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising:operation existence/non-existence detecting means for detecting whether each operation in the sequence of the operating procedure for removing the jam in the sheet passing sections has been performed or not,wherein, when said jam detecting means detects the jam, said display control means (141, 143, 150) displays the jam silhouette on said display means (102), then successively switches an image showing each operation in the sequence of the operating procedure for removing the jam in the sheet passing sections where said jam detecting means detects remaining of sheets, to an image showing a next operation every time said operation existence/non-existence detecting means detects a performance of each operation so as to display the images on said display means based on the dynamic image data stored in said image data storing means (148).
- The jam removing procedure display control apparatus of an image forming apparatus as defined in claim 1 or 2, wherein:said display control means (141, 143, 150) displays a message indicating an occurrence of jam, along with the jam silhouette.
- The jam removing procedure display control apparatus of an image forming apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein:the jam silhouette to be displayed on the display means (102) by the display control means is made up of a reference mark indicative of the jam position and a main body appearance view to be displayed with the reference mark.
- An image forming apparatus with the jam removing procedure display control apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 4.
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